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

A fourteen-year-old Jan Klimeš in Mohlenice in front of the house at the beginning of the 1960s when he started to read books by Čapek

Ing., Arch. Jan Klimeš

* 1947

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Klimeš in 2020

Petr Klimeš

* 1967

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Politician, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Klimešová, 1978

Professor, PhDr. Marie Klimešová

* 1952

Boy Scouts, Art and censorship, Artists, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Photo from the recording in the Post Bellum studio in Hradec Králové on 11 July 2023

Mgr. Soňa Klímová - Janečková

* 1959

Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Battle of the Bulge, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Libuše Klimšová, portrait, around 1950

Libuše Klimšová

* 1934

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Klinecký

Mgr. Pavel Klinecký

* 1954

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical

25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Wilibald Klinger on vacation in America

Wilibald Klinger

* 1941 †︎ 2022

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Industrial settler in border region in 60', Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Klinkovská, 1947

Ludmila Klinkovská

* 1929

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

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

Svatopluk Klinkovský during an interview for Memory of Nations and the documentary Ševci 90, 2019

Svatopluk Klinkovský

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

František Klišík in 2023

František Klišík

* 1963 †︎ 2025

Human Rights Defender, Dissident, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 2 more anniversaries

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