15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR | Memory of Nations

Young Karel Kotek

Ing. Karel Kotek

* 1922 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Young Miroslav Kotlas, turn of the 1940s and 1950s

Miroslav Kotlas

* 1933 †︎ 2025

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Jiří Kotlový in 1942

Jiří Kotlový

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Bata school Graduate, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Jarmila Francová (Koutná)

Jarmila Koutná

* 1931

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Koutná, circa 1950

Marie Koutná

* 1926 †︎ 2026

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

Mrs Koutná during the war

Markéta Koutná

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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 and 7 more anniversaries

Pavla Kováčová with her daughter, 1940s

Pavla Kováčová

* 1913 †︎ 2013

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities, Holocaust, The Partisan and 5 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Alena Kovaříková in the 1960s

Alena Kovaříková

* 1927

Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Kovářová in 1951

Marie Kovářová

* 1934

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relative of a political prisoner

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Naděžda Kovářová in 2023

Naděžda Kovářová

* 1936

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

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