Witnesses starting with letter W

Photo of Zdenka Wittmayerová, née Bidařová, 1948

Mgr. Zdenka Wittmayerová

* 1931

Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1947 - Jamboree in France, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Karel Witz playing the guitar as a Modus group member, around 1978

Ing. Karel Witz

* 1947

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vilém Wodák

Vilém Wodák

* 1951

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation

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

Květoslava Bartonova, 1946

Květoslava Wodziková

* 1933

Déclassé, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Wohanka during his compulsory military service

Jiří Wohanka

* 1946

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

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Ivana Wojtylová reciting, cultural part time job (1978)

Ivana Wojtylová

* 1962

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

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