25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

25. 2. 1948

Dagmar before leaving for Switzerland, 1946

Ing. Dagmar Váchová

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, The relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Jana Vacíková 1959

Jana Vacíková

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), The relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václavek Jaroslav

Jaroslav Václavek

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Václavík in the forge

František Václavík

* 1943 †︎ 2022

The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Václavková / 1962

Eva Václavková

* 1935 †︎ 2023

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Contemporary photo

Ljuba Václavová

* 1941

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Artists, A cultural celebrity

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vítězslav Vaculík - 1949

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Vítězslav Vaculík

* 1930

A cultural celebrity, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Picture of a young soldier

František Vaczula

* 1929

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Darja Vágnerová in March 2022

Ing. Darja Vágnerová

* 1933

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Dana (Danielle) Vago

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

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