Witnesses starting with letter W

František Winter

František Winter

* 1935

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Marcel Winter in 1959

Marcel Winter

* 1948 †︎ 2025

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Winter_Vladimir1946.jpg (historic)

Vladimír Winter

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Relative of a political prisoner, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Alena Winter - 35 years old

prof. JUDr. Alena Winterová CSc.

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Portrait, taken from a family photo, at home in the garden, cca 1960

Barbara Winton

* 1953 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Sir Nicholas Winton in Prague, 2007

Sir Nicholas Winton MBE

* 1909 †︎ 2015

United Kingdom, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, People helping Jews during WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Nicholas Winton, Jr., Prague 2022

Nicholas Winton, Jr.

* 1952

People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities, Winton’s Children, United Kingdom

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Schoolgirl Helena Wiplerová plays the accordion, circa 1960

Helena Wiplerová

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Mgr. Jan Wirth

* 1961

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Irena Wiśniewska

Irena Wiśniewska

* 1934

Poland, Poles in Regained Lands, 1945 - 1956

1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands"

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