1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

1989

František Vácha

František Vácha

* 1942

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jiří Vahala 2013

Architect Jiří Vahala

* unknown

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Current photo of Leoš Válka taken during the filming in a Prague studio on December 4, 2020

Leoš Válka

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Rostislav Valušek, 1970s

Rostislav Valušek

* 1946

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Non-Catholic clerical and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

ID card photo, 1958

Jindřich Vaňák

* 1937

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dušan Vaněk in 1985

Dušan Vaněk

* 1963

Illegal border crossing, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Miroslav Vaněk - 1964

Miroslav Vaněk

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

Graduation photo

Alice Vaňkátová

* 1940

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Mgr. Jarmila Vaňová

* 1965

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma

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

Emöke Vargová

* 1965

Emigrant, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Art and censorship

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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