Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

Political prisoners

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

From the time of his military service which he undertook at the Zvolen airport, 1955

Josef Trpák

* 1935

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Memory of vanished settlements and 7 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

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

Trubáček's photo in his prison file

Miloslav Trubáček

* 1916

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Diplomat

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Hana Truncová in 1970s

Hana Truncová

* 1924 †︎ 2022

People helping Jews during WWII, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), The relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Life along the Iron Curtain

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Milan Trunkát as a seventeen-year-old

Major (ret.) Milan Trunkát

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Royal Air Force, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Václav Tuček born on 1946

Ing. Václav Tuček

* 1945 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Justína Tuková (2015)

Justína Tuková

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Pavel Tunák as a young man

Pavel Tunák

* 1925

Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Political prisoner in WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz

1946 maturitní foto.jpg (historic)

Branislav Tvarožek

* 1925

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Veteran of WW2, eastern front

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

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