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

Georgina Steinsky in 2019

Georgina Steinsky

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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

Alexandr Stejskal

* 1945

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1947 - Population Transfers from the Ukrainian - Polish Borderlands, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Stejskal in 1952

Ing. Milan Stejskal

* 1936

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 5 more anniversaries

Lubomír Štencl, 1990

Ing. Lubomír Štencl

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Contemporary portrait photograph of Václav Štěpán

Václav Štěpán

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Historian, A secret police collaborator, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Zdeněk Štěpán, a graduation photo, 1957

Zdeněk Štěpán

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Štěpánek

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Daniela Štěpánová in 2020

Daniela Štěpánová

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Jarmila Štěrbová in her youth

Jarmila Štěrbová

* 1931

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Zdenek Sternberg as a young man

Hrabě Zdeněk Sternberg

* 1923 †︎ 2021

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

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