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

Emílie Novosadová in her youth

Emílie Novosadová

* 1931 †︎ 2023

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii) , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Novotná at the time of recording with Memory of Nation, Zlín, 27 June 2022

Anna Novotná

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Vlasta Novotná, 1950s

Vlasta Novotná

* 1935

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, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 1 more anniversaries

Ludmila Novotná, 1953

Ludmila Novotná

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Novotná (en)

Marie Novotná

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Novotný in the Memory of Nations studio in 2022

František Novotný

* 1939

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

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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Oldřich Novotný, first half of the 1960s

Oldřich Novotný

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Novotný in childhood

Vladimír Novotný

* 1933

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Richard Nový at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo

doc. Ing.,CSc. Richard Nový

* 1937

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

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, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Drahoslava Rút Tomešová, later Nývltová, 1947

Drahoslava Rút Nývltová

* 1937 †︎ 2026

People helping Jews during WWII, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1936 - 1938 - Great Terror in the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries

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