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

František Xaver Halas, November 2016

František X. Halas

* 1937 †︎ 2023

A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities, Diplomat, Writer

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

Zdenek Halas_dobove foto.jpg (historic)

Ing. Zdeněk Halaš

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Secondary school graduation photo of Dagmar Halasová from 1955

Dagmar Halasová

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Marie Halfarová / early 1950s

Marie Halfarová

* 1923

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marie Halgašová, 1951

Marie Halgašová

* 1947

Victim of Nazi persecution in Ukraine, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Ukrainian political emigration 1944-1950

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

Ludmila while studying in Beatenberg

Ludmila Hallerová

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Israel/Palestine, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Zdeňka Halounová in her youth

Zdeňka Halounová

* 1929 †︎ 2025

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

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

The witness with her brother in childhood, 1942

Jarmila Hálová

* 1932

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Vladimír Hamal, 1968

Ing. Vladimír Hamal

* 1924 †︎ 2022

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Jasoň Hampl

Ing. Jasoň Hampl

* 1931

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

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