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

Štefan Ondirko - photography from the period of military service in PTP units (1951)

Štefan Ondirko

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Ladislav Ondra at a young age

Ladislav Ondra

* 1933

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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 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

Prof. ThDr., Th.D. Dušan Ondrejovič

* 1930

Representative of the Church, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Non-Catholic clerical, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Irena Ondruchová

* 1928

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Bedřich Opočenský

Bedřich Opočenský

* 1924 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, People helping Jews during WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

In 1952 in Prague

Ing. Tomáš Oráč roz. Offenberg

* 1928

Emigrant, Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 1 more anniversaries

Ludmila Ordnungová in a jump in the Sparta Prague jersey. This match is from 1954

Mgr. Ludmila Ordnungová

* 1934

The Sportsmen, 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, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

foto dobo.jpg (historic)

Petr Oslzlý

* 1945

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

The family of a witness, probably in 1970. Son Ivan, born 1964, and daughter Soňa, born 1970

Miroslav Pacák

* 1940

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Tomáš Pačes

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Scientist

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 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

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