Witnesses starting with letter V

Pamětník při základní vojenské službě

Jiří Veselý

* 1938

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Whitness - Soldier in the army

Josef Veselý

* 1931

Communist official, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Karel Veselý in 1940

First Lieutenant (ret.) Karel Veselý

* 1921 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Karel Veselý-1939

Karel Veselý

* 1922 †︎ 2017

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Karel Veselý

MUDr. Karel Veselý

* 1916

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, The Partisan

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Mirko Veselý, 2017

Mirko Veselý

* 1955

Boy Scouts, 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, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Pavel Veselý / Ostrava / the early 1960s

Pavel Veselý

* 1942

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Pavel Veselý, 1988

Pavel Veselý

* 1961

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Veselý in his youth, 1980s

Petr Veselý

* 1965

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Pravoslav Veselý

Pravoslav Veselý

* 1940

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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