Witnesses starting with letter W

Maria Waldstein, 2021

Anna Maria Waldstein-Wartenberg

* 1928

Nobility, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Angelus Waldstein, 2021

Karel Albrecht (Angelus) Waldstein-Wartenberg

* 1931 †︎ 2023

Germany, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Nobility

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Marcela Wallenfelsová

Marcela Wallenfelsová

* 1932

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Hermann Wallisch in 2023

Hermann Wallisch

* 1941

Germany, Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Bibiana Wallnerová

* 1932 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Jan Wallstein at the age of fourteen

Jan Wallstein

* 1942

National minorities, German minority in Poland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

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

The witness's father on leave during the war, from the year 1943. Little Karel Walter can be seen on the photograph with his father

Karel Walter

* 1940

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, Ústí massacre (31. 7. 1945), 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Portrait of Alicja Wancerz-Gluza in 2022, photo by Gosia Kawka

Alicja Wancerz-Gluza

* 1965

Poland

Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

1982 Wanek

Miroslav Wanek

* 1962

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Dhondup Wangchen, Prague 2022

Dhondup Wangchen དོན་གྲུབ་དབང་ཆེན་

* 1974

Political prisoner from China, Tibet Autonomous Region

Protičínské protesty v Tibetu 2008, XXIX. Letní olympijské hry v Pekingu 2008

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