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

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

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

Zdeněk Urban in 1943

Zdeněk Urban

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Theresienstadt Ghetto, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 12 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 10 more anniversaries

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Ludmila Váchalová

* 1936

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Jana Vacíková 1959

Jana Vacíková

* 1933 †︎ 2022

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Vaclavek in 2015

Jaroslav Václavek

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

2. 7. 1951 - Babický případ

Jaroslav Vaculín 1946

Jaroslav Vaculín

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Picture of a young soldier

František Vaczula

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

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

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