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

Cigánek, portrait

František Cigánek

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Member of Orel, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Karel Cígler

* 1924 †︎ unknown

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Růžena Čiháková as a single woman in the 1950s

Růžena Čiháková

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Číhalová (en)

Mgr. Eva Číhalová

* 1938

Boy Scouts, 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, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Jaroslav Čihař, in a miner's uniform, 1951

Jaroslav Čihař

* 1935 †︎ 2026

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, July 7, 1961 - fire in the mine Dukla

Josef Cihelník, a portrait

Josef Cihelník

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Milan Cikánek in 2019

Mgr. Ing. Milan Cikánek

* 1935 †︎ 2023

A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Blanka Čílová as young member of Sokol

Blanka Čílová

* 1928

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Anti-communist rebel, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Cimpl around 1976

Prof. RNDr., CSc. Zdeněk Cimpl

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Cimrman on a photograph from his graduation photo board, 1955

Jiří Cimrman

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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