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

Margita Rytířová in her uniform - 1943

Margita Rytířová roz. Schneiderová

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Royal Air Force, Veteran of WW2, western front, Winton’s Children

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

Jaroslav Ryvol in the 1960s

Jaroslav Ryvol

* 1930

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Border Guards, 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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 6 more anniversaries

Sáblík Radoslav

Radoslav Sáblík

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Secret police informer, Communist official, A secret police agent

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Luděk Šácha

Ing. Luděk Šácha

* 1931

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Underage political prisoners and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Oto Šacher, 1961

Oto Šacher

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Graduation photograph, 1955

Mgr. Ludmila Sadilová

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Photo from the shooting of the interview

Josef Sádlo

* 1930

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Miloslav Šafrán in 1. Czechoslovak independent tank Brigade

Corporal Miloslav Šafrán

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Vlasta Šafránková

* 1928

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Zdena Salatkova about 1954

Zdena Salátková

* 1926

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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