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

Jaromír Šofr playing the saxophone

Professor Master of Fine Arts Jaromír Šofr

* 1939

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

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

Svatava Sojková

Svatava Sojková

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Relative of a political prisoner

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Ervin Šolc in Italy

Ervín Šolc

* 1927

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from 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 and 1 more anniversaries

J. Sollár wearing mining dress

Jozef Sollár

* 1930 †︎ 2018

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Marie Šolleová in the early 1960s

PhDr. Marie Šolleová

* 1936

Journalist, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Sergěj Solovjev after he was released from prison

Sergěj Solovjev

* 1924 †︎ 2021

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Solpera in the 1980s

Professor Jan Solpera

* 1939

Communist official, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis and 7 more anniversaries

Věra Šormová

Věra Šormová

* 1920 †︎ 2023

Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

František Šotola

pastor František Šotola

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Catholic clerical

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milena Šotová / Ostrava / April 2019

Milena Šotová

* 1935

Sokol, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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