Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

Political prisoners

As a young man

August Masár

* 1942

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Helmut Meewes as a boy in Berlin

Helmut Meewes

* 1929

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 3 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Death marches 1944-1945

Jozef Melek - photo from school times (1948)

Jozef Melek

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Hugo Mensdorff-Pouilly in 2017

Hugo Mensdorff-Pouilly

* 1929 †︎ 2023

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Nobility, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vilem Míchal - 1963

Vilém Michal

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

László Mikecz, during an interview

László Mikecz

* 1931

Hungary, Victim of forced relocation, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

Horst Moudrý (second left) in a family photograph from 1942. His father is sitting in front of him.

Horst Moudrý

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Alois Navrátil

Alois Navrátil

* 1935

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jozef Nemlaha

Jozef Nemlaha

* 1925

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), People helping Jews during WWII, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Josef Nosiadek, wehrmacht

Josef Nosiadek

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Wehrmacht soldier

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

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