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

Věra Pospíšilová

Věra Pospíšilová

* 1935

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Zdenka Pospíšilová, Zlín, 2022

Zdenka Pospíšilová

* 1942

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Zdenka Pospíšilová, portrait from 1938

Zdenka Pospíšilová

* 1933 †︎ 2023

Poland, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Mária Potočná

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 10 more anniversaries

Jarmila Potomáková in 2020

Jarmila Potomáková

* 1933

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 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

Eva Potůčková, 40s after the war

Eva Potůčková

* 1927

Sokol, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Emil Pražan at the time when he lived in Žalhostice. 1934

Ing. Emil Pražan

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Forced labour during the WW2, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Prchal, historical photograph

Vladimír Prchal

* 1922

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Vladimír Prchlík

Ing., CSc Vladimír Prchlík

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

As a member of the Communist Party, 23 years old

Vilém Prečan

* 1933

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Scientist, Writer

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

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