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

Jana Rejšková in1968

PhDr. Jana Rejšková

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Déclassé, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Artuš Rektorys in 1959, photo by Věra Caltová

Artuš Rektorys

* 1935

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

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

Karolina Remiášová in 1990

Karolina Remiášová

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Remsa in Studenenc, 1930s

Zdeněk Remsa

* 1928 †︎ 2019

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Dagmar Renertová with her husband

Dagmar Renertová

* 1930 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 6 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Mária Repáková

Mária Repáková

* 1931

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Adam Repka

Adam Repka

* 1924

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Zdeněk Rerych 1943

Ing. Zdeněk Rerych

* 1931

Participant in antifascist resistance, Relative of a political prisoner, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Stanislava Rezlerová, recording for the Memory of Nations, March 2022

Stanislava Rezlerová

* 1930 †︎ 2024

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Oldřich Richter at the founding meeting of OK PTP Klatovy (October 30, 1991)

Oldřich Richter

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

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

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