Border Guards

Communism

Zdeněk Urban in 1943

Zdeněk Urban

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Theresienstadt Ghetto, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 12 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 10 more anniversaries

Jozef Vavrinec in 2020

Jozef Vavrinec

* 1934

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Jaromír Vicher in the military service (1981–1983)

Jaromír Vicher

* 1962

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Vinterová in 1961

Mgr. Anna Vinterová

* 1943

Illegal border crossing, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 4 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Vláčil in 2022

František Vláčil

* 1956

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing

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

Jiří Vostarek (2022)

Jiří Vostarek

* 1937 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Border Guards

9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Hermann Wallisch in 2023

Hermann Wallisch

* 1941

Germany, Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Czesława Wałkiewicz

Czesława Wałkiewicz

* 1934

Poland, Border Guards, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands)

1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands"

Josef Weinfurt, Basic military service, Janovice 1971

Josef Weinfurt

* 1950

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, Border Guards

Miluška Zedníčková (Břečková)

Miluška Zedníčková

* 1924

Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, The Partisan, Sokol, Border Guards

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

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