Witnesses starting with letter V

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Karel Větrovec

* 1932 †︎ 2021

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Větrovský after his return from the war

Jiří Větrovský

* 1954

Art and censorship, The underground

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

Václav Větrovský

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Vetter (1954)

Jaroslav Vetter

* 1935

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jan Vevera in troop training

Jan Vevera

* 1970

War veteran after 1989

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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