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

Alena Čápová in 2021

Mgr. Alena Čápová

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Wedding photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Cásek, Prostějov, 1943

Anna Cásková

* 1922 †︎ 2024

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Čáslavská, 2016

Věra Čáslavská

* 1934

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Graduation photo of Ladislav Čáslavský, 1959

Ing. Ladislav Čáslavský

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Olga Castiellová historic photo

Olga Castiellová

* 1936

Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vlasta Častová in 1954

Vlasta Častová

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Čech in 1975

Ing. Petr Čech , FEng.

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Čechák while jumping (approx. 192 cm) in Dvůr Králové, 1967

Mgr. Jiří Čechák

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Sportsmen and 2 more categories

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

Jiřina Čechová ED

Jiřina Čechová

* 1937

Dissident, Historian, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

13-year-old Ludmila

Ludmila Čechová

* 1945

Illegal border crossing, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

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