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

Seventeen-year-old Agnesa Krajíčková in a studio photograph right after engagement, 1962

Agnesa Krajíčková

* 1944

Victim of forced relocation, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945 and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Václav Krajník in 1976

Václav Krajník

* 1941

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Family photo; Gerhard Krakl is far right, 1950

Gerhard Krakl

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Král / 1980s

Jan Král

* 1967

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

At the military service in the 50s

Jiří Král

* 1934

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Král 3

Karel Král

* 1953

A cultural celebrity

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Adult Petr Král at work

Petr Král

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Petr Král, wedding at Kolín Town Hall, Kolín, June 1973

Petr Král

* 1951

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

1980, Jarmila Králíčková in the Czechoslovak national team jersey

Jarmila Králíčková

* 1944

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Králík, around 1956

RNDr., CSc. Jan Králík

* 1947

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

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

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