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

Jan Solpera in the 1980s

Professor Jan Solpera

* 1939

Communist official, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis and 7 more anniversaries

Věra Šormová

Věra Šormová

* 1920 †︎ 2023

Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

František Šotola

pastor František Šotola

* 1928 †︎ 2017

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Catholic clerical

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milena Šotová / Ostrava / April 2019

Milena Šotová

* 1935

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

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Antonín Souček

* 1927 †︎ 2010

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol

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

Jaroslav Souček, January 27, 2010

Jaroslav Souček

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 3 more anniversaries

Soukalová vězeňské foto.jpg (historic)

Eva Soukalová

* 1930 †︎ unknown

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sanitary worker during the World War 2

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Karel Soukup in 1955

Karel Soukup

* 1937

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Jiří Soukup circa 80 years old

Jiří Soukup

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Jana Soukupová with her daughter Lucie, 1982

Jana Soukupová

* 1958

Journalist, Radio Free Europe, A cultural celebrity

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

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