Witnesses starting with letter V

Bedřiška Vašutová, 1946

Bedřiška Vašutová

* 1934

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Vasyl Vasilyuk, 1 August 2013

Vasyl Vasyljuk

* 1962

Civic activism in Ukraine, National minorities, University professor

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Johann Vater in 2020

Johann Vater

* 1930

Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer, Life along the Iron Curtain, Austria

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Antonio Vatta, Torino, 2021

Antonio Vatta

* 1935

Italy, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Vávra in graduation photo, 1974

Jaroslav Vávra

* 1955

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

Jaroslav Vávra (en)

Jaroslav Vávra

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Josef Vávra (1955)

Josef Vávra

* 1949

Illegal border crossing, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Lubomír Vávra at the time of his army service (1954-1956)

Lubomír Vávra

* 1935

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Vavrda

Jan Vavrda

* 1922 †︎ 1995

Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Veteran of WW2, western front

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vavrdová, neé Dvořáková Milada

RNDr. Milada Vavrdová roz. Dvořáková

* 1938

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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