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

Josef Čermák

Professor Josef Čermák

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 7 more anniversaries

Marko Čermák plays a 110-year-old banjo originally from London, TV Country and Western, 1990

Marko Čermák

* 1940

Art and censorship, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

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

Miroslav Čermák in 1943

Miloslav Čermák

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jarmila Čermáková

Jarmila Čermáková

* 1932

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Marta Čermáková in front of the church - photo from her youth

Marta Čermáková

* 1930

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Anděla Černá (Nevoralová)

Anděla Černá

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 2. 7. 1951 - Babický případ, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 2 more anniversaries

Emilie Černá (en)

Emilie Černá roz. Rathová

* 1935 †︎ 2025

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

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

Vlasta Černá

Vlasta Černá

* 1933

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Hidden people, Underage political prisoners, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

Růžena Černíková in her student years

Růžena Černíková

* 1929

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Milan Černín (on the left) / ČSA Karviná mine / 1966

Ing. Milan Černín

* 1934

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

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