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

Jindřiška Grecová at the celebration of her 100th birthday

Ing. Jindřiška Josefa Grecová

* 1923 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Secondary school graduation photo, 1961

Mgr. Alexandr Gregar

* 1943

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

His uncle Vladimír Grégr; around 1937

Vladimír Grégr

* 1933

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of forced relocation, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Bořivoj Grepl

Bořivoj Grepl

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Stanislav Grof

MUDr. Stanislav Grof

* 1931

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

As a twenty-year-old, Jaroslav Grosman was „totally mounted“ into a branch of the company Daimler-Benz in Nová Paka. Along with friends they disrupted the power line and thus closed down part of the factory.

Jaroslav Grosman

* 1924 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war) and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Eva Grossmann, roz. Fromowitzová

* 1932

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Alena Groulíková in 1968

Alena Groulíková

* 1937

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in WW2, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Doris Grozdanovičová

Doris Grozdanovičová

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Gertruda Gruberová-Goepfertová

Gertruda Gruberová-Goepfertová

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

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