Witnesses starting with letter W

Rosa with stepmother (with hat)

Rosa Wohlfeld

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Bratislava, 1989

Malgorzata Wojcieszynska

* 1967

Journalist

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Beata Iwona Wojnarowska

* 1963

Poland, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

At the military service

Alfred Wolf

* 1946

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Wolf graduation at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Brno, 1976

MUDr. Jiří Wolf

* 1952

Boy Scouts, Sokol

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Portrait from the mid 1950s, Brno

Josef Wolf

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jaroslava Wollerová in 2019

Jaroslava Wollerová

* 1947

Life along the Iron Curtain, Politician

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Marie Wollnerová, 2016

Marie Wollnerová

* 1936

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Maria Wolska as a schoolgirl, when her name was Maria Hauschke

Maria Wolska

* 1957

Poland, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, German minority in Poland after 1945

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Jiří Wonka with his brother's dog 1977

Jiří Wonka

* 1950

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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