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

Hana Vrbická in 1952

Hana Vrbická

* 1934

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague 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 3 more anniversaries

Vlastislava Vrbová, 26.4.2016

Vlastislava Vrbová

* 1926 †︎ 2018

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Farmer

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

Květoslav Vrtěl -1941, graduation photo

Květoslav Vrtěl

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Witness Jaroslav Vrubel during eyd recording

Jaroslav Vrubel

* 1940

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Alexander Všetečka, 1945

First Lieutenant (ret.) Alexandr Všetečka

* 1927 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 2 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, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 5 more anniversaries

Contemporary portrait of a witness

JUDr. Jan Vůjtěch

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Vydrová, New York 1964

Jana Vydrová

* 1939

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Anna Vyoralová in her youth

Anna Vyoralová

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivan Vyskočil on July 1962

Professor, PhDr. Ivan Vyskočil

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Boy Scouts, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 4 more anniversaries

Jaromír Vyskočil in 1960

Jaromír Vyskočil

* 1939

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

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