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

Zdeněk Pukovec, 1961

Zdeněk Pukovec

* 1946

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, A cultural celebrity

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

Václav Půža, 1950s

Václav Půža

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945)

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 5 more anniversaries

DSC_0394.JPG (historic)

Josef Radovský

* 1932

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Like a 7 years boy

Vladimír Rafaj

* 1931

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Soňa Rafajová, rod. Krúpová

* 1941

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Josef Rajdl as a soldier - Čáslav 1946

Josef Rajdl

* 1922 †︎ 2018

Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miloslav Rálek on his favorite motorcycle in 1968

Miloslav Rálek

* 1948

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Relative of a political prisoner

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

30-35 years old, when she was offered a job in Karlín

Jana Ramešová

* 1948

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ján Rampák as an actor during a theater performance.

Ján Rampák

* 1939

Dissident, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Forced labour during the WW2 and 8 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 21 more anniversaries

Karel Řehák - former portrait

Bohumil Řehák

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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