Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Jan Vrátný in 2022

Jan Vrátný

* 1938 †︎ 2023

Bata school Graduate, 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, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Vrba in 2024

Ing. Jan Vrba

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Chairman Jiří Vrba, who has worked in Slavia for almost 20 years, undated

Ing. Jiří Vrba

* 1930 †︎ 2024

The Sportsmen, Holocaust, A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk and 2 more anniversaries

Linus Vrba in 2025

Linus Vrba

* 1929

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jaroslav Vrbenský po zatčení v brněnské věznici (2 (historic)

Jaroslav Vrbenský

* 1932

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 4 more categories

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 6 more anniversaries

Hana Vrbická in 1952

Hana Vrbická

* 1934

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Vrhelová (probably 1961)

Marie Vrhelová

* 1929

Sudeten Germans, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Jiřina Ulrichová - Vrkoslavová in 1955

Jiřina Vrkoslavová

* 1938

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Václav Vrtal, 2017

Václav Vrtal

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Libuše Vrtišková Hájková in 1983

Libuše Vrtišková Hájková

* 1963

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

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