Sokol

Communism

Eva Laryšová - 1968

Eva Laryšová

* 1933

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Portrait of Ivan Látal from his photographic beginnings

Ivan Látal

* 1950

Sokol, Art and censorship

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vlasta and Luis in May 1945

Vlasta Lavalová

* 1924 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Sokol, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Alois Láznička, contemporary photo

Ing. Alois Láznička

* 1936

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

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

Blažena Lébrová

Blažena Lébrová

* 1937

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Foto od O. Leisky in 1945 in Prague

Otakar Leiský

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Writer, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 6 more anniversaries

Jiří Lejsek in 1955

Jiří Lejsek

* 1937

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Danuše Lelitová (Bártová)

Danuše Lelitova, roz. Bártová

* 1926

The relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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Josef Lesák

* 1920 †︎ 2009

Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 11 more anniversaries

Alexandr Leško, obviously 1945

First Lieutenant (ret.) Alexandr Leško

* 1923 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945, Sokol and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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