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

25. 2. 1948

Portrait

Věra Lukášová

* 1929

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

1st grade of elementary school

Ing. Václav Lukavec

* 1938

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století

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

Anna Lukešová

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Lukšíček several months after his return from the Jáchymov labour camps. Prague, 1960

Jiří Lukšíček

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Contemporary photo

Blanka Luňáková

* 1924 †︎ 2012

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Jan Luštinec in the 1970s

PaedDr. Jan Luštinec

* 1953

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Františka Lysoňková, 1949

Františka Lysoňková

* 1942

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Ernest Macák

Ernest Macák

* 1920 †︎ 2016

Friars, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Witness at the time of his wedding

Hugo Macek

* 1942

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Rudolf Macek funeral ceremony for Pika 2007 II

Colonel (ret.) Rudolf Macek

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

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