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Vilém Vogt, Slovan Moravská Třebová

Vilém Vogt

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miloslav Vohralík

Miloslav Vohralík

* 1921 †︎ 2011

Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 4 more anniversaries

Hana Voisine-Jechová

Professor Hana Voisine-Jechová

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Vojta, a portrait

Josef Vojta

* 1935

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jozef Vojtech in the uniform of the Czech-Slovak Freedom Army, 1945

Lieutenant Jozef Vojtech

* 1919

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Antonín Vojtek 19 years old

Antonín Vojtek

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

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

Václav Vokolek in the 1980s

Václav Vokolek

* 1947

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Relatives of important personalities

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Vít Vokolek as a child

Vít Vokolek

* 1936

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohuslav Vokoun in 1959

Ing. Bohuslav Vokoun

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Volavka in 2019

Jan Volavka

* 1934

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

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