17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period | Memory of Nations

Václav Keprt in 2025

Mgr. Václav Keprt

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Keprtová in her youth

Marie Keprtová

* 1931

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Kintzl_portret_1.jpg (historic)

Emil Kintzl

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Memory of vanished settlements, Boy Scouts

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

Ondrej Kizek (1947) - photo from college

Ondrej Kizek

* 1926

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 3 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Sylvia Klánová (early 1970s)

Sylvia Klánová

* 1949

The Children of Lidice, The Women of Lidice, Memory of vanished settlements, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 5 more anniversaries

Jiří Klíma´s graduation photo, 1959

Mgr. Jiří Klíma

* 1942

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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Klíma, born in1939

Josef Klíma

* 1939

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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

As a young man

Master of Fine Arts Jan Klusák

* 1934

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

At young age (1970s)

Doc. Ing. Ladislav Kmetík

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Kocián at the time of the birth of his son Petr, 1978

Jiří Kocián

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sokol

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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