A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Kovařík Bohumil

Bohumil Kovařík

* 1934

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Kovařík - in the 30s

Květoslav Kovařík

* 1930 †︎ 2008

French Foreign Legion, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

Jiří Kovtun

Jiří Kovtun

* 1927 †︎ 2014

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Radio Free Europe

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Vladimir Krajina, school photo, 8th class, Vancouver 1960

MUDr. Vladimír Krajina

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Illegal border crossing

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Alena Králová - London

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Irena Králová

Irena Králová

* 1968

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, The Netherlands

Libor Kramer, German passport photo, May 1988

Libor Kramer

* 1963

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The underground

Miloslav Kratochvíl - Bitton

Colonel (ret.) Miloslav Kratochvíl - Bitton

* 1919 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

Dita Polachová, 1942

Dita Krausová

* 1929 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 5 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Krausová at her graduation in 1965

MUDr. Marie Krausová

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

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