Witnesses starting with letter W

Viktor Weilguny in 1966

Viktor Weilguny

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Jarmila Weinbergerová dance class for 1938

MUDr. Jarmila Weinbergerová

* 1923 †︎ 2020

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden and 1 more anniversaries

Ivonne Weinerová in 2024

Ivonne Weinerová

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Josef Weinfurt, Basic military service, Janovice 1971

Josef Weinfurt

* 1950

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, Border Guards

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Hana Weingarten, roz. Wertheimerová

* 1929 †︎ 2018

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb

Weinlich Karel

Karel František Weinlich

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

André Weiss in 2024

André Weiß

* 1965

Germany, East German Refugee

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Manuela Weiss, 2024, Prague

Manuela Weiß

* 1969

Germany, East German Refugee

9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Julie Weiserová (Švajková) in her youth

Julie Weiserová

* 1940

National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Elfriede Weismann in Kaplice, 1930s

Elfriede Weismann

* 1935

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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