Political prisoners | Memory of Nations

Show all anniversaries

Josef Čech in 2011

Josef Čech

* 1930

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

Mauthasen 142.jpg (historic)

Ing. Oldřich Cech

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Václav Čechlovský

Václav Čechlovský

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2 and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Hana Čechová

Hana Čechová

* 1954

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jindřiška Čechová, 2021

Jindřiška Čechová

* 1927

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

13-year-old Ludmila

Ludmila Čechová

* 1945

Illegal border crossing, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Portrétní foto

S. M. Brigita Čechová

* 1931

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Cechova foto.jpg (historic)

Věra Čechová

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anna Marie Čechová - Syslová

Anna Marie Čechová - Syslová

* 1925

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Czech minority in the former USSR

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Vladislav Cée, 1965

Vladislav Cée

* 1946

Political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, July 17 to 31 Process Buchal a spol.

Statistics: 21307 Witnesses the Database; 12026 Witness Stories; 21929 Registered Researchers; 178873 Photos; 70693 Clips