Witnesses starting with letter V

Miloš Viehmann in his youth, 1940s

Miloš Viehman

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

Prom celebration

Dagmar Viestová

* 1948

Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Szabolcs Vgh in 1935

Szabolcs Vigh

* 1934

Hungary

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Jiří Vik in the early 1950s

Jiří Vik

* 1931 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Viková in the play Šerif se vrací [Return of the Sheriff]. 1961

Marie Viková

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Anna Világiová

* 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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Vilches Proenza Rafael, 2021

Rafael Vilches Proenza

* 1965

Cuba, Cuban Dissident

Josef Vild, portrait from recording

Josef Vild

* 1952

The Sportsmen, 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

Waltraud Vild in 1956

Waltraud Vildová

* 1941

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ivan Vilím

PhDr. Ivan Vilím

* 1946

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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