A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Eliška Krausová before leaving for Colombia, Prague, 1968

Eliška Krausová-Chavez

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ivo Krejci during filming

Ivo Krejčí

* 1929

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslava Krejčová-Fabozzová

* 1943

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, 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

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Anna Křivanová

* 1936

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Václav Kříž

James Václav Kříž MBA

* 1929

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Vladimír Kříž during his compulsory military service

Vladimír Kříž

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Jiří Krotil

* unknown

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Sokol and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

František Kroutil

* 1944

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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