16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

16. 1. 1969

Secondary school graduation photo, 1953

Marie Krásová

* 1934

Farmer, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Sokol, 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, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Kraus, photo from his graduating class poster

Zdeněk Kraus

* 1933 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

As a student

Jaroslav Krček

* 1939

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jana Krutilová, mid 1960s

Jana Krutilová

* 1953

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Death marches 1944-1945, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

Jana Krychová in 1979

Jana Krychová

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Profiteers

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , Hijacking of Slov-Air flight L-410A to NSR (8.6.1972) and 1 more anniversaries

Eye Direct

Sigrid Kubešová

* 1922

Holocaust

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Kubín, 1965

JUDr. Jaroslav Kubín

* 1947

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

The recession of Miroslav Kučera during a visit by USSR soldiers to Adamov engineering works, who willingly lent him a uniform (1973)

Miroslav Kučera

* 1949

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 , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

divadlo Orfeus 1968.jpg (historic)

ThMgr. Erwin Kukuczka

* 1944 †︎ 2022

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, The underground and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

Lidmila Kukuczková, then Rehakova, 1970

ThMgr. Lidmila Kukuczková

* 1952

Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, 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 , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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