Relatives of important personalities

Václav Vokolek in the 1980s

Václav Vokolek

* 1947

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Relatives of important personalities

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Vít Vokolek as a child

Vít Vokolek

* 1936

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ing. Petr Volny

* 1959

National minorities, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Voříšková in her youth

Ludmila Voříšková

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Milada Všetičková

* 1916 †︎ 2008

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jana Vydrová, New York 1964

Jana Vydrová

* 1939

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

At the graduation ceremony in the 1980s

Jan Vyhnálek

* 1946

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vynal Svatava s matkou

Svatava Vynal

* 1930 †︎ unknown

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Milena Watsonová (née Forštová) in the 1950s

Milena Watsonová

* 1938 †︎ 2024

United Kingdom, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities and 3 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

Jaroslav Weigel

Jaroslav Weigel

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

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