Witnesses starting with letter V

Jan Volavka in 2019

Jan Volavka

* 1934

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Petr Voldán / second half of the 1970s

Petr Voldán

* 1953

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Perestroika, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Karel Voldřich 2013

Ing. Karel Voldřich

* 1937

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

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, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Voldřich in 2019

Pavel Voldřich

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Otakar Volejník in 1947

Otakar Volejník

* 1927

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

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

corporal Karel Volena - In Czechoslovak army 1947

Captain (ret.) Karel Volena

* 1923 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Ľudovít Volf

Ľudovít Volf

* 1948

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Miloš Volf

Miloš Volf

* 1924 †︎ 2012

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Sokol

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Petr Volf as a child, 1942

Petr Volf

* 1940

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

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 2 more anniversaries

20 years old Václav Volfík - left

Colonel Václav Volfík

* 1930

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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