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

From border guard to transferrer

Josef Hasil

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 13 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Alena Hásková, 19 years old

Alena Hásková

* 1949

People helping Jews during WWII, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Hass 1949

Stanislav Hass

* 1926

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

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

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Marie Hauserová

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Forced labour during the WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

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

Sylvia Hauznerová, graduation photo, 1960

Sylvia Hauznerová

* 1943

Holocaust, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Repatriated

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivan M. Havel learning precision mechanics, Prague 1950 1950 III, modified

Doc. Ivan Miloš Havel

* 1938 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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 and 8 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Havel during mandatory military service in the years 1957-1959

Jaroslav Havel

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Havel while shooting

Ing. Jiří Havel

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

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Václav Havel

* 1936 †︎ 2011

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Karel Havelka, around 1960

Karel Havelka

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 3 more anniversaries

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