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

Vincenc Langer, 1952

Vincenc Langer

* 1934 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Photograph of Petr Langr from the time of his studies with the academic painter František Vincenc Danihelka, 1963

Petr Langr

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Artists

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Eva as a fifteen-year-old girl

Eva Langrová

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

dobový portrét výřez.jpg (historic)

Karel Lánský

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Communist official, People helping Jews during WWII, Journalist, Forced labour during the WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Hana Lapková

Hana Lapková

* 1934

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Eva Laryšová - 1968

Eva Laryšová

* 1933

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Ladislav Lašek - contemporary photo from graduation board (1968)

Mgr. Ladislav Lašek

* 1930 †︎ 2021

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Lasica in theatre (foto Ctibor Bachratý)

Milan Lasica

* 1940 †︎ 2021

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Artists, A cultural celebrity

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vlasta Lášková

Vlasta Lášková roz. Kvasničková

* 1928 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

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Ladislav Laubr

* 1920 †︎ 2016

Forced labour during the WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in WW2, 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, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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