Witnesses starting with letter V

After 24-hour duty, 1993

Staff Sergeant (ret.) Rudolf Věchet

* 1960

War veteran after 1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Sportsmen

1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše

Ondrej Vechter during recording in 2022

Ondrej Vechter

* 1965

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, Hijacking of CSA flight OK096 to Germany (8.6.1970)

Jana Věchtová as a child

Jana Věchtová

* 1945

Relative of a political prisoner, 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

DPP_0799.JPG (historic)

Jana Vecková

* 1932

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Student strike committee meeting, Hradec Králové, Jindřich Vedlich on the left; November 1989

PaedDr. Jindřich Vedlich

* 1966

Politician, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

David Aust Vedral, 1987

David Aust Vedral

* 1968

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Vedral

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Josef Vedral

* 1915 †︎ unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

current photo

MUDr. Drahomila Vedrová

* 1920 †︎ 2019

Bata school Graduate

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Ludevít Végh, 2003

Ludevít Végh

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, A cultural celebrity, National minorities and 6 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

Marie Vegrichtová

* 1925

Czech minority in the former USSR, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs, Farmer

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

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