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

Oye in Angola before leaving for Czechoslovakia

Oye Katuta

* 1978

Namibia, Repatriated

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

Petr Kautsky during filming, 2025

Petr Kautský

* 1948

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Jan Kavan pictured on his British passport in the 1980s

Jan Kavan

* 1946

Diplomat, Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, A secret police collaborator and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 8 more anniversaries

Karel Kavička in the graduation photo

PhDr. Mgr. Karel Kavička

* 1940

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Milada Kavičková in 2022

Milada Kavičková

* 1936

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

As a soldier in 1950

Mgr. Josef Kavka

* 1930

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Ladislav Kavka in 1950

Ladislav Kavka

* 1926

Sokol, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Kavková, 2024

Marie Kavková

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Věra Kavková, 2021

Věra Kavková

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Kazda at the military service, 1952

Jan Kazda

* 1931

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts

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

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