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

25. 2. 1948

Marie Vítovcová Spitzová 1931-32

Marie Vítovcová

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Joe Vítovec in the United States Air Force

Joe (Josef) Vítovec

* 1930

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US, Writer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Vízner as a soldier

Jaroslav Vízner

* 1937 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Ludmila Vlachová v roce 1983

Ludmila Vlachová

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Oldřich Vladař

Ing., Colonel Oldřich Vladař

* 1925 †︎ 2019

The Partisan, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Marie Vladyková, 1963

Marie Vladyková

* 1948

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miloslav Vlk, 30.7.2009

Miloslav Vlk

* 1925

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

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, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Student of theological faculty, on the trip with youth friends, Nejdek 1966

PhDr. Miloslav Vlk

* 1932 †︎ 2017

Representative of the Church

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

Růžena Vobejdová with her son Milan, Borová, circa 1966

Růžena Vobejdová

* 1932

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

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Leo Marian Vodička, 1985

Master of Fine Arts Leo Marian Vodička

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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