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

Bohumil Dymáček, 1961

Bohumil Dymáček

* 1942 †︎ 2025

Member of an Illegal Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), 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

Zdeněk Dymák in 2019

Zdeněk Dymák

* 1923

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Karel Dynka in 2018

Karel Dýnka

* 1929

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 1 more anniversaries

Alžběta Eberlová

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Sudeten Germans, Forced labour during the WW2, 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, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Michal after her arrival to Israel

Michal Efrat

* 1926 †︎ 2017

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 4 more categories

8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 Arab–Israeli War and 1 more anniversaries

Vera Egermayer in 2024

Věra Egermayerová

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

ehrmann_petr_1944_7756v.jpg (historic)

Petr Ehrmann

* 1926 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Miroslav Ekart, 1960s

Miroslav Ekart

* 1929 †︎ 2024

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Young man

JUDr. Václav Eliáš

* 1929 †︎ 2017

Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Contemporary photo - 1953

Václav Eliáš

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Underage political prisoners, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

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