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

historical photography of eva as a child

Eva Tůmová

* 1935 †︎ 2026

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 †︎ 2023

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

Jiří Typlt in the 1950s at the ZPA Nová Paka plant

Jiří Typlt

* 1929 †︎ 2024

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Tyráček in band Dynamic, New Year's Eve ROH, 1974

Ing. Petr Tyráček

* 1946

A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milena Válová at sixteen years old

Milena Uhlíková

* 1929

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 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 and 3 more anniversaries

František Uhlíř - flat track, early 1960s

František Uhlíř

* 1938

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Border Guards, The Sportsmen, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Uhlíř during recording in 2021

PhDr. Jiří Uhlíř

* 1937

Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

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

Zdeňka Uhříčková in 2022

Zdeňka Uhříčková

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

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