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

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

Young Miroslav Kotlas, turn of the 1940s and 1950s

Miroslav Kotlas

* 1933 †︎ 2025

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Jiří Kotlový in 1942

Jiří Kotlový

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Bata school Graduate, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

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Josef Kotyza

* 1923 †︎ 2021

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

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Josef Koudela

Josef Koudela

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Vladimír Koudelka, 1960s

Vladimír Koudelka

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

Blažena Koulová, nee. Stepanikova, graduation photo, 1957

Blažena Koulová

* 1940

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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops 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

Jarmila Francová (Koutná)

Jarmila Koutná

* 1931

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Mrs Koutná during the war

Markéta Koutná

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 7 more anniversaries

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