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

25. 2. 1948

Antonie Šandová in her youth

Antonie Šandová

* 1915 †︎ 2007

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, October 26, 1946 - The execution of Heinrich Jöckel, commander of Terezín Small Fortress, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josefa Šánová, 1942

Josefa Šánová

* 1922

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jan Šanovec

Jan Šanovec

* 1916

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Political prisoner in WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Šára

Ing. Josef Šára

* 1935

Official in JZD, Communist official, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 7 more anniversaries

Portrait, 1960s

Jana Sargánková

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Master of Fine Arts Jaroslav Šaroun

* 1943 †︎ 2021

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Anna Šaršounová during the war

Anna Šaršounová

* 1932

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Vojtěch Sasín, a soldier, 1951

Vojtěch Sasín

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Member of Orel

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 2 more anniversaries

Růžena Saulová in 1949

Růžena Saulová

* 1931

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Charlotte Scharfová (sitting second from the bottom right) in a primary school in her native Albrechtice, turn of the 1940s and 1950s

Charlotte Scharfová

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

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