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

In youth

Viliam Záhora

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Naďa Zahradilová (née Bartáková) 1947, leaving the secondary school

Naděžda Zahradilová

* 1928

Relatives of important personalities, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

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František Zahrádka

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Period portrait

Master of Fine Arts Zdeněk Zahradník

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Zajíčková in mid 1950s

Marie Zajíčková

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Iva Zajíčková

Ing. Iva Zajíčková-Stafová

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

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

celebration

PhDr. Pavel Žák

* 1928 †︎ 2014

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Boy Scouts

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

Drahomíra Žákovská in November 1969

Drahomíra Jaroslava Žákovská

* 1946

Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Boy Scouts, Sokol and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

Bohumil Zalabák in 2022

Bohumil Zalabák

* 1942

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

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Petr Záleský

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Member of Orel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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