Witnesses starting with letter V

Orko

Mgr. Marek Vácha

* 1966

Boy Scouts

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

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Ludmila Váchalová

* 1936

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Přemysl Vachalovský during the interview

Přemysl Vachalovský

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, Palach Week, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Karel Vachek during the interview with Post Bellum

Karel Vachek

* 1940 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dagmar before leaving for Switzerland, 1946

Ing. Dagmar Váchová

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Vacíková 1959

Jana Vacíková

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

portrét dobový.jpg (historic)

Ing. Josef Vacke

* 1929 †︎ 2013

Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939 and 3 more anniversaries

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Klára Vacková

* 1937

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

Marie Vacková in 1962

Marie Vacková

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Věra Vacková, née Ronovská

Věra Vacková

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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