Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

Political prisoners

Michal Popovec

Michal Popovec

* 1931

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Underage political prisoners and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Jan Pospíšil

* 1916 †︎ 2010

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Ján Prokop

Ján Prokop

* 1920

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Dobroslav Pustaj

Dobroslav Pustaj

* 1931 †︎ 2013

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Hugo Reiský in Heimat Flak, Peiskretcham 1944

Hugo Reiský

* 1927

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Adam Repka

Adam Repka

* 1924

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

Oldřich Richter at the founding meeting of OK PTP Klatovy (October 30, 1991)

Oldřich Richter

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Juraj Ružbaský

Juraj Ružbaský

* 1921

Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Štefan Ružovič 60.te roky

Štefan Ružovič

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Rýva Josef

Captain Josef Rýva

* 1914

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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