1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

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

Marie Krausová at her graduation in 1965

MUDr. Marie Krausová

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rudolf Krauspe as a member of Czechoslovak foreign unit

Rudolf Krauspe

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

Milada Krčmařová, 1960s

Milada Krčmařová

* 1925 †︎ 2021

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Krčmárová

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Photo for the graduation display, 1956

MUDr. Jana Krčmářová

* 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Period portrait of a witness, Prague, 1945

Klára Křehlíková

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

1938 - military photo

Oldřich Krejčí

* 1914 †︎ 2018

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Déclassé

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Krejčík during his military service, early 1950s

Josef Krejčík

* 1932 †︎ 2025

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Krejčíková, 20 June 2023

Věra Krejčíková

* 1936

People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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