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

Vítězslav Nohel, second half of the 1970s

Lieutenant Colonel Ing. Vítězslav Nohel

* 1940

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, 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

Josef Nosiadek, wehrmacht

Josef Nosiadek

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Wehrmacht soldier

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

childhood before the war

Eva Nosková

* 1936 †︎ 2015

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Karol Noskovič dobové foto

Karol Noskovič

* 1933 †︎ 2011

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Andrej Novák

Andrej Novák

* 1918 †︎ 2005

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

František Novák, circa 2000

František Novák

* 1934

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Fights with Bandera's forces, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Novák at work stenographing

PhDr. Jiří Novák

* 1927 †︎ 2025

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

2635-portrait_former.jpg (historic)

Jiří Novák

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Josef Novák

Colonel Josef Novák

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Forced labour during the WW2, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Wehrmacht soldier

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Sister Richardis with her aunt during the war

Helena - Richardis Nováková

* 1928

Representative of the Church, Member of an Illegal Church

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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