Witnesses starting with letter V

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Pavel Vršecký

* 1942

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Václav Vrtal, 2017

Václav Vrtal

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Vrtálek in 1944

Jaroslav Vrtálek

* 1921

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Forced labour during the WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Květoslav Vrtěl -1941, graduation photo

Květoslav Vrtěl

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Libuše Vrtišková Hájková in 1983

Libuše Vrtišková Hájková

* 1963

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Graduation photo, 1958

RNDr. Jiří Vrtný

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Witness Jaroslav Vrubel during eyd recording

Jaroslav Vrubel

* 1940

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Vrzala in 2011

Jaroslav Vrzala

* 1926 †︎ unknown

Literature in exile, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

Alexander Všetečka, 1945

First Lieutenant (ret.) Alexandr Všetečka

* 1927 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 5 more anniversaries

Jiří Všetečka second half of 1960s

Doc. Ing. Jiří Všetečka

* 1937 †︎ 2016

A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

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