Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

Political prisoners

Juraj Ružbaský

Juraj Ružbaský

* 1921

Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Štefan Ružovič 60.te roky

Štefan Ružovič

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Rýva Josef

Captain Josef Rýva

* 1914

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Miloslav Šafrán in 1. Czechoslovak independent tank Brigade

Corporal Miloslav Šafrán

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Šanovec

Jan Šanovec

* 1916

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Political prisoner in WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Kurt Schmidt, Krnov 2022

Kurt Schmidt

* 1928 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victim of forced relocation, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night

Elena Schmidtová

Elena Schmidtová

* unknown

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Jaroslav Šebík Sr. after the liberation of Vizovice in 1945

Jaroslav Šebík

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Partisan, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Participant in antifascist resistance, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

František Šedivý temporary portrait

Ing. František Šedivý

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

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

Jaromir Stojan (*1929)

Jaromír Stojan

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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