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

Anna Matysová (Kršková)

Anna Kršková

* 1928 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Mrs Kršková

Irena Kršková roz. Buržaková

* 1932

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Kruml during the meeting with the mayors representing villages that suceeded in the Village of the Year competition, 6 June 1996, Prague Castle

Ing. Jan Kruml

* 1935

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Rudolf Krupa / around 1960

Rudolf Krupa

* 1942 †︎ 2024

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

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

Eva Krupickova 1941

Eva Krupičková roz. Polanská

* 1931

Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

On vacation in Janské Lázně, 1953

Jarmila Krupková

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

Karel Krušina, historical photography. without date

Karel Krušina

* 1938

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Prof. Ing., CSc. Jiří Kryštůfek

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Scientist, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Rudolf Krzák 1942

Major General Rudolf Krzák

* 1914 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Eva Kubeláková (Biňovcová) v roce 1958.JPG (historic)

Eva Kubeláková

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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