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

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

Eva Seidlová

* 1948

Hungary, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945 and 13 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 18 more anniversaries

Josef Sejkora - 1940

Josef Sejkora

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš

Vladimír Sekanina

* 1927

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Bohdan Sekowski on a contemporary photograph

Bohdan Sekowski

* 1929

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

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jarmila Semotamová, née Šárková, period photo

Jarmila Semotamová

* 1933

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

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