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

František Benes

František Beneš

* 1928

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Anti-communist rebel

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Ivo Beneš

Ivo Beneš

* 1934 †︎ 2026

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Beneš as a young man

Jan Beneš

* 1936 †︎ 2007

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Josef Beneš, 1932

Josef Beneš

* 1936

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol and 2 more categories

2. 7. 1951 - Babický případ, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 8 more anniversaries

Vladimír Beneš

Vladimír Beneš

* 1928

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist and 2 more categories

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

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Eva Benešová

* 1940

National minorities, Holocaust, Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 4 more anniversaries

Jiřina Benešová in 2021

Jiřina Benešová

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Portrait

Bohuslav Beňo

* 1951

Dissident, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Beránek

Ing. Karel Beránek

* 1925 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 6. 1942 - prezekuce a věznění studentů z Roudnice nad Labem

Roland Berauer in his youth

Roland Berauer

* 1935 †︎ 2025

Germany, Russia, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 4 more anniversaries

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