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

Slávek Popelka - photo taken at graduation

Jaroslav Popelka

* 1956

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relative of a political prisoner

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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

A group of scouts was entrusted with guarding German prisoners of war while filling in craters after the bombing of Pardubice airport - Vladimír Popelka, Pardubice, April 1946

Vladimír Popelka

* 1932

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Štefan Popjuk

* 1915 †︎ unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, A communist interrogator, National minorities, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Petr Popov

Ing., Arch. Petr Popov

* 1940

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

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Pošelužná going through her archive; 2024

Věra Pošelužná

* 1954

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Jan Pospíšil

* 1916 †︎ 2010

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Leopold Pospíšil, 2016

Prof. PhDr., DrSc. Leopold Pospíšil

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

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Doc. RNDr., Csc. Lubomír Pospíšil

* 1941

Scientist

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Miroslav Pospíšil - Auxiliary Technical Battalions, Rajhrad 1952

Miroslav Pospíšil

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

Eva Pospíšil-Hanušová in 2023

Eva Pospíšil-Hanušová

* 1930

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

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

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