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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Jan Wallstein at the age of fourteen

Jan Wallstein

* 1942

National minorities, German minority in Poland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

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

The witness's father on leave during the war, from the year 1943. Little Karel Walter can be seen on the photograph with his father

Karel Walter

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, Ústí massacre (31. 7. 1945), 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

1982 Wanek

Miroslav Wanek

* 1962

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Tadeusz Wantuła

Mgr. Tadeusz Wantuła

* 1950

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Viktor Weilguny in 1966

Viktor Weilguny

* 1946

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Weinlich Karel

Karel František Weinlich

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jozef as a young member of the kibbutz

Jozef Weiss

* 1933 †︎ 2024

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 24.9.1945 - Pogrom in Topoľčany, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Witness Beata Zázrivcová during recording her life story

Beata Westrych Zázrivcová

* 1960

Poland, National minorities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jiří Wicherek, 1980

MUDr. Jiří Wicherek

* 1954

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

the Wichterle couple, 1995

MUDr. Linda Wichterlová, roz. Zahradníková

* 1917 †︎ 2023

Relatives of important personalities

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

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