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

Anna Šrotýřová in 1950

Anna Šrotýřová

* 1920

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 5 more anniversaries

Vlastimila Šrůtková on the set

Vlastimila Šrůtková

* 1918 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Vlasta Stádníková during the filming

Vlasta Stádníková

* 1933

Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Artists

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Tomáš Šták

Tomáš Šták

* 1934

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Miroslav Štandera, Royal Air Force

Brigadier General (ret.) Miroslav Štandera

* 1918 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France and 1 more anniversaries

František Staněk in 1945

František Staněk

* 1944

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

J. Staněk

Ing. Jaroslav Staněk

* 1926

Communist official, Boy Scouts

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

In the 1950s

Josef Stanko

* 1926

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Halina Staňková in 1937

Halina Staňková

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Repatriated, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 5 more categories

23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Dagmar Stará, before the war

Mgr. Dagmar Stará

* 1928

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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