Witnesses starting with letter V

Bohuslav Veverka

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Otakar Veverka in 2022

Otakar Veverka

* 1956

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Pavel Veverka during his military service

Pavel Veverka

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Radko Veverka in 1979

Radko Veverka

* 1947

Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Veverka

Václav Veverka

* 1956

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

Viktor Veverka, a portrait

Viktor Veverka

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiřina Veverková, 2018

Jiřina Veverková

* 1929

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jarmila Veverová Králová, Kraslice circa 1970

MUDr. Jarmila Veverová-Králová

* 1930

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Rudolf Vévoda in 1961

MUDr. Rudolf Vévoda

* 1935

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Rudolf Vévoda in 1984

Rudolf Vévoda

* 1964

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

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