19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering | Memory of Nations

Miloslav Kofroň

Miloslav Kofroň

* 1920 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jana Dušková during her studies in Havlíčkův Brod, 1950s

Jana Kořínková

* 1937

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, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 1 more anniversaries

On a walk at the military service, 1958

Ing. Vladimír Kotland

* 1934

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Koutecky, 1948 (a graduation photo)

Professor MUDr., DrSc. Josef Koutecký

* 1930 †︎ 2019

Writer, Scientist, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 4 more anniversaries

Six years old Marie Králová in portrait photo

Marie Králová

* 1932

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sokol, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army and 6 more anniversaries

Jiří Kraus, circa 1954

Ing. arch. Jiří Kraus

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

PN_Krotil_dobova.jpg (historic)

Jiří Krotil

* unknown

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Sokol and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Anna Krpešová, around 1950

Anna Krpešová

* 1930

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Bozena Kubíčková at a ski race in 1953

Božena Kubíčková

* 1928 †︎ 2024

Sokol, The Sportsmen, 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, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiri Kubousek, 1951

Ing. Jiří Kuboušek

* 1933

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

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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