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

Photo from 1952

Pater Jaroslav Karl

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 8 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 5 more anniversaries

Ivan Karlin in his youth

Ivan Karlín

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Karmazín in 2021

Petr Karmazín

* 1949

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Darina Kárová

* 1951

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Roman Karpaš, 1989

Mgr. Roman Karpaš

* 1951

Historian, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

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

Jana Karpíšková, née Nepustilová, in 1953

Jana Karpíšková

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Kasal in 2024

Mgr. Ing. Jan Kasal

* 1951

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Josef Kaše in his youth

Ing. Josef Kaše

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Kášek in 1969 after his release from prison

Václav Kášek

* 1943

Political prisoner, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 2 more categories

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

Anton Kašička as a soldier military service

Anton Kašička

* 1935

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 8 more anniversaries

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