14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

14. 3. 1953

Photo of Václav Kefurt

Václav Kefurt

* 1934 †︎ 2022

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 7 more anniversaries

Antonín Kerner, technician of Stalin's factories in Záluží u Litvínova, 1955

Antonín Kerner

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

František Kinský - chidren's portrait

František Kinský

* 1947

Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé, Politician and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Sylvia Klánová (early 1970s)

Sylvia Klánová

* 1949

The Children of Lidice, The Women of Lidice, Memory of vanished settlements, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 5 more anniversaries

Klíbr Zdeněk

Zdeněk Klíbr

* 1929

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

A fourteen-year-old Jan Klimeš in Mohlenice in front of the house at the beginning of the 1960s when he started to read books by Čapek

Ing., Arch. Jan Klimeš

* 1947

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 1 more anniversaries

Ivo Klouda in 2020.

Ivo Klouda

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 5 more anniversaries

Miloš Kocman

Miloš Kocman

* 1922 †︎ 2015

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, A secret police collaborator, A secret police agent and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Kotík with his wife, the wedding photo

Josef Kotík

* 1945

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions and 1 more anniversaries

Irene

Irena Kroková

* 1952

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

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