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

Ludvík Kolský, graduation photograph, 1966

Ludvík Kolský

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Štefan Koma - 40 years old theologian (1970)

Štefan Koma

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Artistic portrait of Jan Komárek in 1970s

Jan Komárek

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Jaroslav Komárek, 1945

Jaroslav Komárek

* 1925

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Tomáš Konc

Tomáš Konc

* 1963

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical

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

Štefan Kondás in the military, 1953

Štefan Kondáš

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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

Irena Konečná in 2019

Irena Konečná

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Period portrait of Antonín Konečný

Antonín Konečný

* 1959

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Augustin Konečný in his graduation photograph (1963)

Augustin Konečný

* 1948

Journalist, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A graduation photo of Helena Koníčková

Helena Koníčková

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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