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

Josef Krátký as a young man

Ing. Josef Krátký

* 1920 †︎ unknown

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, 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

Jaroslav Kratochvíl (en)

Jaroslav Kratochvíl

* 1943

Journalist, 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

Jarmila Kratochvílová as the fans knew and loved her - at the head of the race.

Jarmila Kratochvílová

* 1951

The Sportsmen, 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

Anděla Kratochvílová (en)

Anděla Kratochvílová

* 1951

Romania, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

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

Helena Kratochvílová

Helena Kratochvílová

* 1943

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Kraus's high school graduation photo, 1969

Jaroslav Kraus

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Bohuslav Kraus

* 1955

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Kraus in uniform, Ružomberok in 1960

MUDr. Jaroslav Kraus

* 1935

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

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

The actor Josef Kraus

Josef Kraus

* 1941

Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Kraus, photo from his graduating class poster

Zdeněk Kraus

* 1933 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

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