17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Jaroslav Kočí

Jaroslav Kočí

* 1950

Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1940 - The Battle of France, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Kocián at the time of the birth of his son Petr, 1978

Jiří Kocián

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sokol

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lenka Kocierzová in 1955

Lenka Kocierzová

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Kocman in a riding uniform

Jiří Kocman

* 1935

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Rastislav Kocour dring eyd recording in Bratislava, february 2023

Ing. Rastislav Kocour

* 1968

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Sudeten Germans, 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, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jiří Kocourek

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Jiří Kocourek , Ph.D.

* 1948

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Writer

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Lenka Kocourová at her wedding in 1971

Lenka Kocourová

* 1950

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, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Portrait in Forest Hills, Queens, October 14, 2023

Antonín Kocurek Corporal

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Clergymen, United States of America, Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Kodadová at work in the Mining Hospital with Polyclinic in 1975

Eva Kodadová

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Kodejška competing in his birth town Lomnice nad Popelkou during his military service in Dukla Banská Bystrica (probably in 1966)

Major (ret.) Karel Kodejška

* 1947

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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