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

Hana Truncová in 1970s

Hana Truncová

* 1924 †︎ 2022

People helping Jews during WWII, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Life along the Iron Curtain

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Milan Trunkát as a seventeen-year-old

Major (ret.) Milan Trunkát

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Royal Air Force, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Vladimír Trvalec in 2020

Vladimír Trvalec

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Radio Free Europe

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

in french foreigner legion in the uniform from the first world war

Colonel (ret.) František Tuček

* 1918 †︎ 2008

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Relative of a political prisoner

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Tuček born on 1946

Ing. Václav Tuček

* 1945 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Tulachová in 1950

Marie Tulachová

* 1935

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol and 2 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

historical photography of eva as a child

Eva Tůmová

* 1935

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

turek portrét.jpg (historic)

Jan Turek

* 1929

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Communist official, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Turková, roz. Kratochvílová

* 1924 †︎ 2023

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Tykalová, 2018

Marie Tykalová

* 1931

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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