A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

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

Jan Kulísek, 2022

Jan Kulísek

* 1962

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

Tomáš Kulka, 2017

Tomáš Kulka

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Israel/Palestine, Writer, University professor and 1 more categories

27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vincent Kummer in 2024

Vincenc Kummer

* 1941

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Viliam Kun in 1965

Viliam Kun

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Milan Kunc after graduation in 1963

Milan Kunc

* 1944

Italy, Germany, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Ilja Kuneš in 2023

Ilja Kuneš

* 1956

Human Rights Defender, Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 6 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Radoslav Kutra

Radoslav Kutra

* 1925 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

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