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Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha

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Jaroslav Vetter (1954)

Jaroslav Vetter

* 1935

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Otakar Veverka in 2022

Otakar Veverka

* 1956

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Viktor Veverka, a portrait

Viktor Veverka

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiřina Veverková, 2018

Jiřina Veverková

* 1929

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rudolf Vévoda in 1984

Rudolf Vévoda

* 1964

Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Hana Vidímová

* 1928 †︎ 2024

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Michaela, 1948

RNDr. Michaela Vidláková roz. Lauscherová

* 1936

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 4 more anniversaries

Miroslav Vít in road troops during basic military service

Miroslav Vít

* 1945

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Boy Scouts

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jarmila Vítovská

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Sudeten Germans, Germany, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945 and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

From a theatre performance

Oldřich Vlček

* 1939

Art and censorship, Relative of a political prisoner

March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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