8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

8. 5. 1945

A photograph taken during the WWII, likely in the Croatian Slavonia, shows a group of men from the 1st independent Czechoslovak brigade 'Jan Žižka of Trocnov' which fought side by side with the Tito's resistance army

Miroslav Vostřel

* 1921

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, former Yugoslavia

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Witness in dancing course in Pilsen in 1939. After the photo, it was drawn by her friend Hank in Forced labor deployment

Irena Votrubcová

* 1923 †︎ 2024

Illegal border crossing, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jana Vozárová single, still named Šestáková

Jana Vozárová

* 1942

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Voženílek in the 1960's

Jiří Voženílek

* 1933

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Voznicová at work in the former ČSA coking Plant in Karviná / 1980s

Marie Voznicová

* 1939

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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

Bohuslav Vrána during compulsory military service

Bohuslav Vrána

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jan Vrátný in 2022

Jan Vrátný

* 1938 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Hana Vrbická in 1952

Hana Vrbická

* 1934

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Vlastislava Vrbová, 26.4.2016

Vlastislava Vrbová

* 1926 †︎ 2018

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marie Vrhelová (probably 1961)

Marie Vrhelová

* 1929

Sudeten Germans, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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