Witnesses starting with letter V

S. Volny in 2007

Stanislav Volný

* 1929

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Marija Dmytrivna Vološyna

Marija Dmytrivna Vološyna

* 1930

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Ukrainians in the GULAG, 1944 - 1990, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag and 3 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine and 5 more anniversaries

Bohdan Voluyko

Bohdan Voluyko Богдан Волуйко

* 1932

Ukraine, The Deportation of peoples in the Soviet Union

Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945

Antonie Nádvorníková with František (left) a Josef Vomáčka

František Vomáčka

* 1934

Member of Orel, Underage political prisoners, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 8. - 11. 10. 1950 - Trial against F.A.Stříteský, head of the piarist dormitory in Litomyšl, July 7, 1961 - fire in the mine Dukla

Josef Vomáčka, 2023

Josef Vomáčka

* 1945

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

ID photo before the war

Jaroslav Vomočil

* 1927 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Contemporary portrait Alexndra Vondra

RNDr. Alexandr Vondra

* 1961

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Anastasie Vondra

Anastasie Vondra

* 1937

Russia, Czech minority in the former USSR

dobová.jpg (historic)

Ing. Jaroslav Vondra

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Evžen Vondráček

Evžen Vondráček

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

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