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

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Bohumír Dufek

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol

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

Joseph as a student

Josef Dufek

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 5 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 6 more anniversaries

Helena Dufková during the filming for Memory of Nations, Zlín, 2022

Helena Dufková

* 1936

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

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Olga Dufková

* 1940

Czech minority in the former USSR, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Petr Dujka 1970

Petr Dujka

* 1951

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Anti-communist rebel, Nobility, The underground

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 6 more anniversaries

Portrait of Eleonora Dujková

Eleonora Dujková

* 1929 †︎ 2018

Relative of a political prisoner, Déclassé

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

Contemporary photography

František Ďulík

* 1931 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

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

Libuše Durdová, beginning of 1960s

Libuše Durdová

* 1928

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Dušátková (en)

Jaroslava Dušátková

* 1941

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, United States of America, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

With sister in 1943

RNDr. František Dusbábek , DrSc.

* 1937

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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