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Richard Vyškovský, 2016.

Richard Vyškovský

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 5 more categories

9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 9 more anniversaries

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Irena Vyslyšelová

* 1933

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Vysocký at the TFA World Championships

Mgr. Vladimír Vysocký

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Graduation photograph of Jiří Vyšohlíd, 1960, Prague

Mgr. Jiří Vyšohlíd

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zuzana Vytlačilová at the grammar school in 1974

Zuzana Vytlačilová

* 1955

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

Roland Waclav as a child in the lap of an American soldier, Všeruby, May 1945

Roland Waclav

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Otto Wagner on a period picture

Otto Wagner

* 1929 †︎ 2021

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Radislav in the young years

Radislav Wagner

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

In the first class (5th grade) of the Jesuit school, 1947/45. Václav Wagner third from the left, middle row.

Václav Wagner

* 1936

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Eliška Wagnerová in her youth

JUDr. Eliška Wagnerová Ph.D.

* 1948 †︎ 2025

Lawyer, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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