A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

1989. From left: Barbara Kroutilová (daughter), Jiřina Kroutilová, Karel Linha (father). On the farm in Temenice.

Jiřina Kroutilová

* 1937

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Emigrant

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Markéta Krouzová, 1984

ak. malířka Markéta Krouzová

* 1952

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

I. kružliak.jpg (historic)

PhDr. Imrich Kružliak

* 1914 †︎ 2019

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Radio Free Europe, A cultural celebrity

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Jaromír Kubias during the interview

Jaromír Kubias

* 1942

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Refugee center and transit point Risiera di San Sabba in Trieste

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Žofie Kubíčková (Neugebauerová)

Žofie Kubíčková

* 1931 †︎ 2018

Member of Orel, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Kubík as a clown at his solo performance in Germany

Jaroslav Kubík

* 1939 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

The Kubík family, photo taken on Sunday June 7, 1942

Eva Kubíková - Bullock

* 1937 †︎ 2024

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Children of Lidice

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

Joe Kucera in London in the 1970s

Josef Kučera

* 1943

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Karel Kukal - 40s

Karel Kukal

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

Jaroslav Kukol; around 1965

Jaroslav Kukol

* 1947

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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