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

Karel Peterka in 1970s

Karel Peterka

* 1948

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

František Petlan in 2018

Professor František Petlan

* 1927 †︎ 2026

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

Lubomír Petr during the recording of his narration for the project Stories of Our Neighbours

Lubomír Petr

* 1940

Sokol, 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

Václav Petr

Václav Petr

* 1935 †︎ 2025

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

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

Anton Petrák

Anton Petrák

* 1912 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Mojmír Petráň - 9. 7. 2018

Prof. MUDr., CSc. Mojmír Petráň

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Period photo

Eva Petras Figusch

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Christa Petrásková

Christa Petrásková

* 1941

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

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alfonz Petreje - photo from the time of criminal military service (1951)

Alfonz Petreje

* 1929 †︎ 2024

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

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Alojz Petríček, photography

JUDr. Alojz Petríček

* 1926

Lawyer, 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

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