Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

Political prisoners

Tomáš Cahel in Poteč in 1970

Tomáš Cahel

* 1963

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Farmer

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Čeřovský 1945 in Czechoslovak uniform

Lieutenant Václav Čeřovský

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , The Partisan, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 5 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, January 21. 1945 Burning villages Klak, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Cibulka military service in 1962

Jaroslav Cibulka

* 1931

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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Milan Dlhý

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Rudolf in 1953

Rudolf Dobiáš

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Rudolf Duda

Rudolf Duda

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Lubomír Dvořák, born in 1930 in Jihlava

Lubomír Dvořák

* 1930

Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Young man

JUDr. Václav Eliáš

* 1929 †︎ 2017

Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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Jaroslav Fabok

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Agent of the western secret services (cold war) and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

František Fajtl

František Fajtl

* 1912 †︎ 2006

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Royal Air Force, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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