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

Růžena Valčíková, around thirty years old

Růžena Valčíková

* 1933

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Period photograph of Jindřich Valenta in scout costume, 1953

Jindřich Valenta

* 1935

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

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

Vaněk Vítězslav Evermod

Vítězslav Evermod Vaněk

* 1922

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Milan Vaňura at the AEC in Ostrava -Radvanice in 1953

Milan Vaňura

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Štěpán Vašíček in the battle dress

Štěpán Vašíček

* 1927 †︎ 2017

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

Karel Vavřínek

Ing. Karel Vavřínek

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Sokol, Déclassé

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Blanka Včeláková

Blanka Včeláková

* 1926

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Pamětník při základní vojenské službě

Jiří Veselý

* 1938

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jarmila Veverová Králová, Kraslice circa 1970

MUDr. Jarmila Veverová-Králová

* 1930

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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