23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

23. 2. 1949

Jaroslav Česák

* 1930

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Period photo of the witness

Marie Čežíková

* 1932

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiřina Chaloupková during an interview for the project Stories of Our Neighbours, November 2023

Ing. Jiřina Chaloupková

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ludmila Charvátová

* 1919 †︎ 2021

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

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, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Antonín Chloupek, 1969

Antonín Chloupek

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jan Chloupek at the age of nineteen

Jan Chloupek

* 1944

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

František Chlup in a military uniform

František Chlup

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Erhard Chrobák / around year 1948

Erhard Chrobák

* 1928 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Josef Cihelník, a portrait

Josef Cihelník

* 1933 †︎ 2022

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Josef Čoček po propuštění z vězení v roce 1936.JPG (historic)

Josef Čoček

* 1932 †︎ 2019

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

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