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

Štěpán Kaňák / around 1964

Štěpán Kaňák

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Kandráč, around 2010

Jan Kandráč

* 1976

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Kaněrová in 1943. First Holy Communion

Jana Kaněrová

* 1934

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

A photo of that time, circa 1944

Ludmila Kantorová

* 1941

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 6 more anniversaries

Jáchym Kaplan at age 15

Jáchym Kaplan

* 1969

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

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Kaplan in July 2019

Pavel Kaplan

* 1962

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness - Radovan Kaplan

Ing. Radovan Kaplan

* 1966

National minorities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Art and censorship

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Zlata Kaprálová in Budapest, 1984

Zlata Kaprálová

* 1957

Anti-communist rebel, Svědci Jehovovi, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Josef Karafiát in winter in Canada in 1987

Josef Karafiát

* 1957

The Plastic People of the Universe, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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

Roman Karel, 1990s

Roman Karel

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

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