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

Alojz Kováč

Alojz Kováč

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Administrator MS in 1993

Michal Kováč-Adamov

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Dissident, A cultural celebrity, Politician, Writer

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Pavla Kováčová with her daughter, 1940s

Pavla Kováčová

* 1913 †︎ 2013

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities, Holocaust, The Partisan and 5 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Kovalčuk

Bohuslav Kovalčuk

* 1924 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Josef Kovář in Letná, Prague 1945

Major (ret.) Josef Kovář

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries

Kovařík Bohumil

Bohumil Kovařík

* 1934

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Kovařík dobová.jpg (historic)

Ladislav Kovařík

* 1926

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, The Partisan, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Kovářík Oldřich

Oldřich Kovářík

* 1922 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Zdeněk Kovařík December 2006

Zdeněk Kovařík

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jaroslava Kovaříková in 1958

Jaroslava Kovaříková

* 1940

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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