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

Photograph from my youth, undated

Professor, PhDr. Robert Kvaček , CSc.

* 1932 †︎ 2024

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist, University professor

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Kvapil in 1971

Ing. Jaroslav Kvapil

* 1953

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 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

Jiří Kvapil on a picture from 1980

Jiří Kvapil

* 1949

Representative of the Church, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

Libor Kvapil photographed at home in Olomouc in June 2022

MUDr. Libor Kvapil

* 1936

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 6 more anniversaries

Miloš Kvapil

Miloš Kvapil

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Sokol, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Pavel Kvapil in a graduation photo in 1983

Pavel Kvapil

* 1965

Dissident, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Vít Kvapil

Vít Kvapil

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 7 more anniversaries

Irena Kvapilová on her honeymoon, Bohemian Forest, 1990

Irena Kvapilová

* 1968

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Květ in 1965

RNDr., CSc. Jan Květ

* 1933

Environmentalist, Scientist

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Květina in 1972

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Jaroslav Květina

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 1 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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