Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

Political prisoners

Portrait of Today

Helena Stránská

* 1924 †︎ 2024

Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Forced labour during the WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's

Vladimír Štúr

Vladimír Štúr

* 1930 †︎ 2006

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), 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, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

Ferdinand Takáč

Ferdinand Takáč

* 1920 †︎ 2013

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

AMGP8187.JPG (historic)

Magdalena Toufarová

* 1924 †︎ 2023

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Forced labour during the WW2, People helping Jews during WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Emil Tressa

Emil Tressa

* 1927

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

Viktor Trstenský

Viktor Trstenský

* 1908 †︎ 2006

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Václav Tymočko in 2021

Václav Tymočko

* 1928 †︎ 2024

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

In youth

Róbert Uškovitš

* 1928 †︎ 2023

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Augustín Valentovič

Augustín Valentovič

* 1923 †︎ 2010

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), 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, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Jaroslav Vaníček, 1958

Jaroslav Vaníček

* 1938 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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