Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Jiří Vostarek (2022)

Jiří Vostarek

* 1937 †︎ 2024

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

9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

RNDr. Miroslav Vostatek in Pardubice in summer of 2022

RNDr. Miroslav Vostatek

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Inka Vostrezova around 1970

Inka Vostřezová

* 1930

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Witness in dancing course in Pilsen in 1939. After the photo, it was drawn by her friend Hank in Forced labor deployment

Irena Votrubcová

* 1923 †︎ 2024

Illegal border crossing, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Věra Vozáková during recording (2023)

Věra Vozáková

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. 1945 - Zákřovský masakr , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jana Vozárová single, still named Šestáková

Jana Vozárová

* 1942

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Voženílek in the 1960's

Jiří Voženílek

* 1933

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Voznicová at work in the former ČSA coking Plant in Karviná / 1980s

Marie Voznicová

* 1939

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Vrána in 1986

Karel Vrána

* 1942

Forced labour during the WW2, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Vrána during compulsory military service

Bohuslav Vrána

* 1930

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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