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

Václav Topš_his portrait drawn by co-inmate in prison

Václav Topš

* 1928 †︎ 2013

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Photo from papers of State security

Josef Touš

* 1929 †︎ 2013

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 1 more anniversaries

Vladislav Trampota, a portrait

Vladislav Trampota

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Trejbal in 2011

Ladislav Trejbal

* 1931 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

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), 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 - Expulsion 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

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