A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Jaroslav Čermák in 50s

Jaroslav Čermák

* 1929 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war) and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Josef Čermák

Josef Čermák

* 1924

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš and 2 more anniversaries

Libuše in 1957

Mgr. Libuše Černá

* 1953

A cultural celebrity, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Member of an Illegal Church, Journalist and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Černý František, 1951

František Černý

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

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Otakar Černý

* 1919 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Royal Air Force and 4 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, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Pavol Černý at the rercording of Post Bellum, October 2024

Doc. PhDr. Ing. Pavol Černý

* 1942

Emigrant, Radio Free Europe, Refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Zbyněk Čeřovský

Zbyněk Čeřovský

* 1931 †︎ 2024

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Radio Free Europe and 1 more categories

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

Ladislav Čerych in High School

Ladislav Čerych

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

On the way across the lake in Togo

Václav Chabr

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

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Ivan Chadima

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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