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

25. 2. 1948

Mr. Debnár's wife

Ján Debnár

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Jan Decker

Jan Decker

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), The Sportsmen

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Degl 1954

Jiří Degl

* 1944

A cultural celebrity, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

v Římě ořez.jpg (historic)

Zdeňka Deitchová

* 1928

A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Dejmek

* 1935 †︎ 2022

Déclassé, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Michal Demjan

Michal Demjan

* 1921 †︎ 2019

A warder in a communist prison, National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in WW2, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 3 more categories

8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Judy Diamant cca 1945

Judy (Judita) Diamantová, rozená Riffová

* 1932

Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Hidden people

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Portrét 1, rok 2018

Pavel Dias

* 1938 †︎ 2021

Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

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, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Jan Dittrich with his younger brother Dan, 14 April 1951

Jan Dittrich

* 1943

Non-Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Dittrich in 1946

Zdeněk Dittrich

* 1923 †︎ 2015

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

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