Sokol

Communism

As a young pastor

Miloslav Blaho

* 1926

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Vicar without State agreement, Sokol

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

Ilona Holá (left) and Eva Holá, 1946

Ilona Bláhová

* 1936

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

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, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Irena Bláhová (Valterová) as a single woman in 1948

Irena Bláhová

* 1931

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 1 more anniversaries

Milena Blatná, née Hypšová

Ing. Milena Blatná

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 7 more anniversaries

Jiří Blažíček in 2022

Jiří Blažíček

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sokol

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslava Blešová as a child

Jaroslava Blešová

* 1943

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 7 more anniversaries

Bodlakova orez.jpg (historic)

Mgr. Ljubica Bodláková, roz. Axmanová

* 1934

Political prisoner in WW2, Representative of the Church, Forced labour during the WW2, Non-Catholic clerical, Sokol

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Věroslava Jurajdová (Bojková), historical photography

Věroslava Bojková

* 1926 †︎ 2025

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk

11th national Sokol festival in Prague, 1948

Bedřich Boršek

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Portrétní fotografie z členské skautské legitimace

MUDr. Jiří Bořucký

* 1919

Forced labour during the WW2, Boy Scouts, Sokol

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

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