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

His father, Jaromír (second child from the right) and his brother, Jiří, in the 1960s

Jaromír Moravec

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Moravec Jr., portrait, Čáslav 1940

Václav Moravec

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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Květoslava Moravečková, roz. Fuksová

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, 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

In a meadow outside Chrudim, summer of 1963

Adriena Morávková

* 1940

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

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Hana Moravová playing a theatre role

Hana Moravová

* 1935

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Karel Mornstein Zierotin in 2013

Ing. Karel Mornstein-Zierotin

* 1939

A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Kazimir Morozovič

Kazimír Morozovič

* 1937

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Czech minority in the former USSR, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

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, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka, 1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine and 6 more anniversaries

Portrait of Ivan Mošna, 1950s-1960s

Ivan Mošna

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Dalibor Motejlek (on the right) with Pavel Ploc, the 1980s, Harrachov

Dalibor Motejlek

* 1942

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Ján Motulko

Ján Motulko

* 1920 †︎ 2013

A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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