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

Erich Weigel / around 1940

Ing. Erich Weigel

* 1929 †︎ 2022

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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

Ivonne Weinerová in 2024

Ivonne Weinerová

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

Edith Weitzenová (roz. Nettlová)

* 1924 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, National minorities, Holocaust and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 2 more anniversaries

Witness - Ladislav Welward

Ladislav Welward

* 1936

Holocaust, Hidden people, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Anna Wernardová, 1955

Anna Wernardová

* 1936

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Vlasta Wernerová, née Vyleťalová

Vlasta Wernerová

* 1943

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, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

A contemporary picture - after his release from prison

František Wiendl

* 1923

Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Stanislav Wieser in Turnov during his move to Karlovy Vary, picture from 1965

Stanislav Wieser

* 1940

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Marcel Winter in 1959

Marcel Winter

* 1948

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Schoolgirl Helena Wiplerová plays the accordion, circa 1960

Helena Wiplerová

* 1946

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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

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