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

25. 2. 1948

Mikuláš Paul

* 1925

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Filip Paulech - photo from student time (1948)

Filip Paulech

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Dana Paulová, a potrait photo of that time, Prague 1967

Dana Paulová

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Déclassé, Participant in antifascist resistance and 1 more categories

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

Milan Paumer as a member of US Army

Milan Paumer

* 1931 †︎ 2010

Anti-communist rebel, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Miroslav Pavel, around 1979

Miroslav Pavel

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 5 more anniversaries

František Pavelka - graduation photo

František Pavelka

* 1916

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Relatives of important personalities

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Zdeněk Pavelka in 2020

Zdeněk Pavelka

* 1936

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

A photo of that time

Dagmara Pavlátová

* 1939

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jan Pavlíček at the end of the 1950s

Jan Pavlíček

* 1934

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

graduation photo

Jan Pavlík

* 1937

A cultural celebrity, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Writer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

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