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

Maturitní foto, 1948

PhDr., CSc. Květuše Sgallová

* 1929

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

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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Helena Šidáková

Helena Šidáková

* 1925 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts

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

Zora Sigalová wearing a Czech traditional costume in 1958 or 1960

Zora Sigalová

* 1938

National minorities, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence

Jiří Šigut at the military service in 1951

Jiří Šigut

* 1929

Journalist, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Šiklová

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

Čestmír Šikola Jr.

Čestmír Šikola ml.

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 4 more anniversaries

Jarmila Sikorová / around 1971

Jarmila Sikorová

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Boy Scouts

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Šikýř as a Boy Scout

Jaroslav Šikýř

* 1935

Boy Scouts

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1947 - Jamboree in France

As a child

Master of Fine Arts Jarmila Sikytová, roz. Havlíková

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé, Artists

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

Jana Šilerová / 1974

Jana Šilerová

* 1950

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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