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

Helena Pohořelská, 1961

Helena Pohořelská

* 1937

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

MUDr. Dagmar Pohunková

* 1929

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 4 more anniversaries

Witness with dad in his blacksmith shop circa 1956

Jana Pokludová

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Milan Pokoradi during eyd recording

Milan Pokoradi

* 1948

Hungary, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII and 13 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 17 more anniversaries

Milena Pokorná

Milena Pokorná

* 1921 †︎ 2017

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 5 more anniversaries

Věra Pokorná in her apartment in Weert, 2023

Věra Pokorná

* 1935

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Josef Pokorný

Josef Pokorný

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Stating his position after 1968

Karel Pokorný

* 1933

Border Guards, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Miloš Pokorný

Miloš Pokorný

* 1931 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 7 more anniversaries

With his father and grandfather during World War II

Mgr. Zdeněk Pokorný

* 1932

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

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