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

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

Sousedík Tomáš současná.jpg (historic)

Tomáš Sousedík

* 1943

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Jiří Šoustar

Jiří Šoustar

* 1925 †︎ unknown

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Sokol

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

Jela Sovová as a young girl

Jela Sovová

* 1944

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 6 more anniversaries

Vivienne Soyková

PhDr. Vivienne Soyková

* 1945

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

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

Antonín Špaček

* 1917 †︎ 2007

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Spáčil in military uniform of the PTP (Auxilliary Technical Batallions), 1951

Josef Spáčil

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Spak dobovy orez na kazatelne.jpg (historic)

Mgr. Josef Špak

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Representative of the Church, Boy Scouts, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Non-Catholic clerical and 1 more categories

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

Petr Špinler

Petr Špinler

* 1935 †︎ 2023

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

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