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

25. 2. 1948

Historic photo of Zdeňka Svobodová

Professor Zdeňka Svobodová

* 1943

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vítězslav Svozil at the national team training in 1954

PaedDr. Vítězslav Svozil

* 1933

The relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen

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

Sykora Josef dobovy orez.jpg (historic)

Josef Sýkora

* 1925 †︎ 2015

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Ludmila Sýkorová

Ludmila Sýkorová

* 1936

The relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Marie Sýkorová at her wedding

Marie Sýkorová

* 1937

The relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Portrait

Žofie Sýkorová

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka

Vladimír Syrový - portrait from the time of active service at the Auxiliary Technical Battalions, Prague, 1953

Ing. Vladimír Syrový

* 1931 †︎ 2023

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Scientist

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

Jiří Táborský in 2022

Jiří Táborský

* 1934

The relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

In 1960 at the Olympics in Rome with the talletst baseball player of the US team

Adolfína Tačová

* 1939

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa and 3 more anniversaries

Ferdinand Takáč

Ferdinand Takáč

* 1920 †︎ 2013

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

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