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

Jaroslava Novotná in 1942

Mgr. Jaroslava Slavíková

* 1927

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The burning of the settlement of Ležáky, 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

Anna Šlechtová when she was 8 years old, 1943

Anna Šlechtová

* 1935

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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

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Zdenka Slezáková

* 1919

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Karel Šling

Karel Šling

* 1945

Emigrant, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory and 1 more categories

20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions and 1 more anniversaries

Mária Slodičáková

Mária Slodičáková

* 1933

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

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

As a young man

Luboš Sluka

* 1928

A cultural celebrity, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Božena

Božena Smáhová

* 1930

Boy Scouts, Sokol

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Ladislav in childhood

Mgr. Ladislav Smejkal

* 1946

Historian

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Smékal during filming for Memory of Nations, Ptení, March 2025

Zdeněk Smékal

* 1937

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness in 2025

Antonie Šmicerlová

* 1925

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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