25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR | Memory of Nations

Contemporary photo

Jiří Minařík

* 1938 †︎ 2012

Emigrant, Border Guards

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Ludmila Minaříková at her graduation, 1960s

JUDr. Ludmila Minaříková

* 1935 †︎ 2024

Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Josef Mišák during the military service, 1951

Josef Mišák

* 1928

Bata school Graduate, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 7 more anniversaries

Jiří Mišura

Private First Class (ret.) Jiří Mišura

* 1927 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier, Czech minority in the former USSR and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

IX. edition of the tournament in the Blitz Chess (1972)

Ján Mitter

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Václav Mizera in a family photo from 1996

Václav Mizera

* 1947

Official in JZD, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Mlčochová (period photo)

Věra Mlčochová

* 1934

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Mlejnek (2016)

Josef Mlejnek

* 1946

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Volhynian Czechs, Journalist and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 10 more anniversaries

Blažena in 1947

Blažena Mlejnková

* 1929 †︎ 2026

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Miroslav Mlynář, 1953.

Miroslav Mlynář

* 1938 †︎ 2025

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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