Witnesses starting with letter V

Contemporary portrait of a witness

JUDr. Jan Vůjtěch

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Vůjtek. Ostrava 2018

Vladimír Vůjtek

* 1947

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Vukušičová in 2022

Anna Vukušičová

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Výboch Petr

Petr Výboch

* 1947

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ivo Výborný in 2011

Ivo Výborný

* 1925

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

Alois Vychodil during military service, 1950s

Alois Vychodil

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Daniel Vychodil

Daniel Vychodil

* 1973

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Oldřich Vychodil

Oldřich Vychodil

* 1920 †︎ 2012

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Olga Vychodilová while working

ak. malířka Olga Vychodilová

* 1949

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

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

Josef Vychopeň in his youth

Josef Vychopeň

* 1923

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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