8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

8. 5. 1945

Vjačeslav Viskočil when serving in the Red Army

Lieutenant (ret.) Vjačeslav Viskočil

* 1927 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier, Czech minority in the former USSR, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Jana Vítková

Jana Vítková

* 1939

Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Vítková, 1940s

Věra Vítková

* 1930

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Portrait

Eva Vítová

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Vítovcová Spitzová 1931-32

Marie Vítovcová

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Joe Vítovec in the United States Air Force

Joe (Josef) Vítovec

* 1930

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US, Writer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Olga Vitvarová, 1955

Olga Vitvarová

* 1936

The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Stone worker František Vízek, 1982

PaedDr. František Vízek

* 1940

Dissident, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Vízner as a soldier

Jaroslav Vízner

* 1937 †︎ 2022

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

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

Josef Vlach, 1939

Dr. Ing., CSc Josef Vlach

* 1919

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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