Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) | Memory of Nations

Secondary school graduation photo, 1946

Lubor Linhart

* 1925 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Adolf Linka - contemporary photo

Adolf Linka

* 1919 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Present Portrait

Milouš Liška

* 1927 †︎ 2021

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ivan Ljavinec

Monsignor Ivan Ljavinec

* 1923 †︎ 2012

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church

29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, The liberation of the city of Wiena

1181-portrait_former.jpg (historic)

Josef Lněnička

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A secret police collaborator, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Underage political prisoners

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

M. Lokajíček.JPG (historic)

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Miloš Lokajíček

* 1923 †︎ 2019

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

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

Vladimír Lorenz

Vladimír Lorenz

* 1925 †︎ 2010

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Břetislav Loubal, summer 1947

Břetislav Loubal

* 1931 †︎ 2022

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Louda

Colonel (ret.) Jiří Louda

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Jiří Lukšíček several months after his return from the Jáchymov labour camps. Prague, 1960

Jiří Lukšíček

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

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