Witnesses starting with letter V

Rostislav Valušek, 1970s

Rostislav Valušek

* 1946

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Non-Catholic clerical and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Váňa in 2000, when he worked on the Marian Column

Mgr. Petr Váňa

* 1965

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Artists

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Vaňáček at the beginning of his career as a fighter pilot

pplk. Miroslav Vaňáček

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

ID card photo, 1958

Jindřich Vaňák

* 1937

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

During studies in Decin, 1959

Anna Vaňatová

* 1941

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

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, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 1 more anniversaries

Emilie Vančurová

Emilie Vančurová

* 1921

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

IMG_6305.jpg (historic)

Helena Vančurová, roz. Fraindlová

* 1925

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Period photo (historical)

Prof. Ing., DrSc. Mirko Vaněček

* 1928

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Vaněčková, a portrait

Marie Vaněčková

* 1935

Communist official, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Portrait

Galina Vaněčková, roz. Želobina

* 1930

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist, A cultural celebrity

1936 - 1938 - Velký teror v SSSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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