14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

14. 3. 1939

Professor, Dr. Benjamin Kedar

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 8 more anniversaries

Ondrej Kizek (1947) - photo from college

Ondrej Kizek

* 1926

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 4 more anniversaries

klemes dobovy orez 2.jpg (historic)

generálporučík Jaroslav Klemeš

* 1922 †︎ 2017

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Jan Klenotič, 2022

Jan Klenotič

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 9 more anniversaries

Knihar orez.jpg (historic)

Pavel Knihař

* 1931 †︎ 2018

French Foreign Legion, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Dagmar Knorrová as a child

Mgr. Ing. Dagmar Knorrová

* 1937

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Victim of forced relocation, Repatriated

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Helena Kociánová

Helena Kociánová, roz. Maxiánová

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Emil Kočnár, 1945

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Emil Kočnár

* 1916 †︎ 2015

Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Julius Kodrík and Vlasta Koukalová in a wedding photo in 1953

Ing. Julius Kodrík

* 1926

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Portrait of Hedvika Köhlerová. 1943

Hedvika Köhlerová

* 1924 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Nobility, Sokol

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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