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

In the castle guard

Captain (ret.) Josef Fronc

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Blažena Froncová

Blažena Froncová

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

1942 - graduation photo

Monsignor Vnislav Fruvirt

* 1923 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical, Vicar without State agreement and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Graduation photo of Marie Matonohová

Marie Fryblíková

* 1928

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

1974 - top page photo

Antonie Fryštacká

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Member of Orel, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 5 more anniversaries

Zdeňka Fučíková in 1953

Zdeňka Simone Fučíková

* 1930

France, Emigrant, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1940 - The Battle of France, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Roman Fürst, 1969

Roman Fürst

* 1944

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

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 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, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ and 4 more anniversaries

Young Milan Gabčan

Milan Gabčan

* 1932 †︎ 2021

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Imrich Gablech

Imrich Gablech

* 1915 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Royal Air Force, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

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Hanuš Gaertner

* 1926 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 7 more anniversaries

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