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

21. 8. 1968

Richard Vyškovský, 2016.

Richard Vyškovský

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 5 more categories

9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 9 more anniversaries

vyslyselova orez.jpg (historic)

Irena Vyslyšelová

* 1933

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Zuzana Vytlačilová at the grammar school in 1974

Zuzana Vytlačilová

* 1955

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

Roland Waclav as a child in the lap of an American soldier, Všeruby, May 1945

Roland Waclav

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sudeten Germans, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Eliška Wagnerová in her youth

JUDr. Eliška Wagnerová Ph.D.

* 1948

Lawyer, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Politician, Radio Free Europe and 1 more categories

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Marcela Wallenfelsová

Marcela Wallenfelsová

* 1932

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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

Olga in 1953

Olga Wankeová, roz. Piskorová

* 1929

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

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