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

Miloš Kypta as a schoolboy 1945

Miloš Kypta

* 1931

Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Ernest Kyrály

Ernest Kyrály

* 1939

Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

Marcela Kýrová - period photo

Marcela Kýrová

* 1944

Relatives of important personalities, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

authentic foto

Mojmír Kyselka

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, University professor

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Václav Kytl's family

Václav Kytl

* 1928

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Emil Lábus

Emil Lábus

* 1932

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Libuše Lacinová

Libuše Lacinová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Lakomá in her youth

Anna Lakomá

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Ladislav Lakomý

Ladislav Lakomý

* 1929 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Lakva -1976

Vladimír Lakva

* 1942

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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