Witnesses starting with letter V

Alois Vocásek in 2002

Alois Vocásek

* 1896 †︎ 2003

Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. - 2. 7. 1917 - the battle at Zborova

Jiří Vodenka in 1966

Jiří Vodenka

* 1922 †︎ 2020

Boy Scouts

27. 6. - 2. 7. 1931 1st Slavic Jamboree (Camps of Slavic Scouts), 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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Captain Adolf Vodička

* 1913 †︎ 2012

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

1940 - The Battle of France, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain

Leo Marian Vodička, 1985

Master of Fine Arts Leo Marian Vodička

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Adolfina Vodičková in her childhood in Stonařov

Adolfina Vodičková

* 1939

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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Hana Vodičková, roz. Lewitová

* 1918 †︎ 2013

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

Jarmila Vodňanská in 2021

Jarmila Vodňanská

* 1936

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

PhDr. Jan Vodňanský

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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Miroslav Vodrážka

* 1954

Dissident, The underground, Art and censorship

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Anna Vodrážková, 1943

MUDr. Anna Vodrážková

* 1930

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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