17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

František Vláčil in 2022

František Vláčil

* 1956

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Illegal border crossing

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

Marie Vladyková, 1963

Marie Vladyková

* 1948

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Roman Vlasák as a wedding registrar at the municipality (early 1990s)

Roman Vlasák

* 1954

Politician, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mojmír Vlašín in 2024

RNDr. Mojmír Vlašín

* 1954

Environmentalist, Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain, Scientist

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Vlč in the mid-1980s

Stanislav Vlč

* 1960

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

From a theatre performance

Oldřich Vlček

* 1939

Art and censorship, Relative of a political prisoner

March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Vladimír Vlček (en)

Vladimír Vlček

* 1944

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Němčice, Božena Vlčková, circa 1973

Božena Vlčková

* 1958

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, western front

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Vlk – drawing by student named Jan Liška

František Vlk

* 1946

Historian, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miloslav Vlk, 30.7.2009

Miloslav Vlk

* 1925

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

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