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

Jaromír Zemina on the graduation photo

PhDr. Jaromír Zemina

* 1930

Historian, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, The Khrushchev Thaw 1953 – 1964

Vladimír Žemla in 1954

Vladimír Žemla

* 1935

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

Contemporary witnesses portrait - cut from common photo

Zdeněk Žemlička

* 1908 †︎ 2015

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

With his sister, Olga

Zdeněk Žemlička

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Jiří Zenáhlík with his wife - wedding

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Jiří Zenáhlík

* 1921 †︎ 2020

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 6 more anniversaries

Charming Hana Ženíšková in her youth

Hana Ženíšková

* 1930

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Zdenek Zert

Ing. Zdeněk Žert

* 1922 †︎ 2016

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Photo of Zdeněk Zerzáň

Zdeněk Zerzáň

* 1937 †︎ 2023

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 2 more anniversaries

Bohumír Zháňal / Zlín / 2018

Mgr. Bohumír Zháňal

* 1931 †︎ 2020

The Sportsmen

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Dana Zháňalová in 2019

Dana Zháňalová

* 1937

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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