Witnesses starting with letter V

Ladislav Vrábel

Ladislav Vrábel

* 1947

Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Natália Vráblová

Natália Vráblová

* 1930

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Bohuslav Vrána during compulsory military service

Bohuslav Vrána

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ivan Vrána in 1961

Ing. Ivan Vrána

* 1947

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

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Karel Vrána in 1986

Karel Vrána

* 1942

Forced labour during the WW2, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Petr Vrána, vice-mayor of Uherský Brod

Ing. Petr Vrána

* 1956

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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Petr Vránek

* 1953

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Pavel Vranský - period photo

Major Pavel Vranský

* 1921 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

Jitka Vrátníková in Canada in 1981

Jitka Vrátníková

* 1948

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jan Vrátný in 2022

Jan Vrátný

* 1938 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

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