19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

19. 6. 1948-27. 6. 1948

Photo of Jiřina Jarošová from the student card of the grammar school in Dvůr Králové, February 1946

Jiřina Jarošová

* 1929

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

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Tomáš Ježek 1967.JPG (historic)

Tomáš Ježek

* 1940 †︎ 2017

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Bohuslav Jirásek before starting his military service (1956)

Bohuslav Jirásek

* 1937 †︎ 2022

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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

dobová1947.jpg (historic)

Miloslava Jirasová, roz. Studničková

* 1913 †︎ 2014

The Women of Lidice, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Josef Kadraba

Josef Kadraba

* 1933 †︎ 2019

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miroslov Kalabus - in the army, 1937

Miroslav Kalabus

* 1914

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Růžena Kamarádová at the time of her arrest

Růžena Kamarádová

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš

Václav Kaňka in 1959

Václav Kaňka

* 1938 †︎ 2025

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Ladislav Kavka in 1950

Ladislav Kavka

* 1926

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Photo of Václav Kefurt

Václav Kefurt

* 1934 †︎ 2022

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 7 more anniversaries

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