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

František Sedláček as a pilot, 1954

František Sedláček

* 1931 †︎ 2022

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Photo from around 1980 / Jan Sedláček's archive

Jan Sedláček

* 1931 †︎ 2016

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Tomáš Sedláček

armádní generál Tomáš Sedláček

* 1918 †︎ 2012

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Sedloň as a teenager

Josef Sedloň

* 1933

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Sedoník v roce 1951.JPG (historic)

František Sedoník

* 1925

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Sedoník - 1949

Mgr. Josef Sedoník

* 1928

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ludmila Seefried-Matějková in 1960s

Ludmila Seefried-Matějková

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 4 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Ludmila šimková - Šeflová

Ludmila Šeflová

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milan Sehnal as a boy-scout in 1945

Milan Sehnal

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

School photo of Dana Seidlová, 1950, school of birth-assistants

Dr. Dana Seidlová

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 6 more categories

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, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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