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

Jan Kasal in 18 year

Jan Kasal

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Viliam Kasperkevič

Viliam Kasperkevič

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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

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