23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation | Memory of Nations

Marie Čuboková (Drozdová) - 1948

Marie Čuboková

* 1931 †︎ 2018

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Young scientist Ladislav Cvak, 1970s

Ing. Ladislav Cvak

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 2 more anniversaries

Olga Čvančarová v roce 1948.JPG (historic)

Olga Čvančarová

* 1927

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1940 - 1941 - Deportations of Poles to USSR and 3 more anniversaries

The witness at the time of his mandatory military service as a radio operator and welder, 1963

Václav Cvejn

* 1944

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Damborská

* 1927

Member of Orel, Illegal border crossing, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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

Contemporary portrait

Marie Danielová

* 1932

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Marie Dáňová, filming for Memory of Nation, Jihlava, July 2025

Marie Dáňová

* 1943

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Václav Dašek in 1955-1956

Václav Dašek

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

The wedding of Miroslav David and Vlastimila Vlčková / 1948

Miroslav David

* 1924 †︎ 2023

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Davídek Josef (en)

Josef Davídek

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

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