Witnesses starting with letter V

Darja Vágnerová in March 2022

Ing. Darja Vágnerová

* 1933

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Dana (Danielle) Vago

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Juraj's graduation photograph from 1950.

Juraj (George) Vago

* 1929 †︎ 2021

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Eli Vago - portrait

Pavel Eli Vago

* 1930 †︎ 2024

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Jiří Vahala 2013

Architect Jiří Vahala

* unknown

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Pavel Vais

Pavel Vais

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Ľubomír Vajdička

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Vajrauch with his father, circa 1954

František Vajrauch

* 1945

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Ludvík Vala in 2019

Ludvík Vala

* 1935

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jiří Valášek, 1953

Jiří Valášek

* 1931

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Life along the Iron Curtain, The topic of security forces before 1989

1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

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