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Libuše Válková, 1950s

Libuše Válková

* 1933

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Růžena Válková in 1951

Růžena Válková

* 1932 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Nina Vallion in 2023

Nina Vallion

* 1931

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Cossacks

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Valocky dobova.jpg (historic)

Matej Valocký

* 1925 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Valošek (jumping on the right) in the first half of the 1960s at Ostrava's Bazaly stadium in a match against Dukla Prague

František Valošek

* 1937 †︎ 2023

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Václav Valoušek, shortly after joining the army in 1944

Nadpraporčík v.v. Václav Valoušek

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army) and 7 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries

Vladimír Valta 1950

MUDr. Vladimír Valta

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Jan Valtr

Jan Valter

* 1933

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Božena Valtrová

Božena Valterová

* 1938

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miroslav Vaňáček at the beginning of his career as a fighter pilot

pplk. Miroslav Vaňáček

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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