A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Mgr. Peter Sviták

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Svoboda several months before his arrest / 1949

Josef Svoboda

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Andrej Sziszák during EYD recording in New York, 2023

Andrej Sziszak

* 1957

United States of America, Hungary, Croatia, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 19 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 22 more anniversaries

Ladislav Tabery in 1987

Ladislav Tabery

* 1948

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Václav Táborský

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Tanconi Giovanni

Giovanni Tanconi

* 1937

Croatia, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

Pavel Taussig 1943

Pavel Taussig

* 1933

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 7 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 3 more anniversaries

Tesař František

František Tesař

* 1932 †︎ 2012

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

Anna Tesařová - Koutná after her return from the prison

Anna Tesařová-Koutná

* 1933

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Ivan Theimer, 2016

Ivan Theimer

* 1944

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

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

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