1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age | Memory of Nations

Jan Kavan pictured on his British passport in the 1980s

Jan Kavan

* 1946

Diplomat, Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, A secret police collaborator and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 8 more anniversaries

Milada Kavičková in 2022

Milada Kavičková

* 1936

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Georg Kebrle

Georg Kebrle

* 1938

Anti-communist rebel, Emigrant, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

Photo of Václav Kefurt

Václav Kefurt

* 1934 †︎ 2022

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 7 more anniversaries

Miloslava Kelblová in 1951

Miloslava Kelblová

* 1936 †︎ 2025

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Underage political prisoners, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Judith Tauberová v roce 1945

Judita (Judith) Kellner-Tauberová

* 1943

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel), 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War

Hana Kende in 1958

Hana Kende

* 1948

United Kingdom, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ivan Kieslinger

Ivan Kieslinger

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

František Kinský - chidren's portrait

František Kinský

* 1947

Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé, Politician and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Václav Kiršner

Václav Kiršner

* 1943

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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