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

Josef Krejsa, undated

Josef Krejsa

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Waltraud Kriegisch in March 2012

Waltraud Kriegisch

* 1927 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Marie Krieglerová (Přerovská)

Marie Krieglerová

* 1925

Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Relative of a political prisoner

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Helena Křikavová

Staff Sergeant (ret.) Helena Křikavová

* 1923 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Volhynian Czechs, Relatives of important personalities

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

Pplk.v.v. Pavel Kristl

* 1929

Member of Orel, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

Libor Křivánek

Libor Křivánek

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Radka Křivánková

Radka Křivánková

* 1932 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Eva in her childhood

Eva Křivánková

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner

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

Jan Křivka voják.jpg (historic)

Colonel (ret.), ThDr. Jan Křivka

* 1926 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Representative of the Church, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Václav Kříž

James Václav Kříž MBA

* 1929

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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