A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

in 1968

Jiří Kvapil

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vojtěch Kymperger, 1963

Vojtěch Kympergr

* 1932

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

Memoir shortly after emigration, Vienna, 1977

Josef Kyska

* 1954

Member of an Illegal Church, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Jan Lachman as a graduant in 1977

Dr. Jan Lachman

* 1962

Representative of the Church, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

On a hike, 1966

Antonín Lagryn

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Gypsies / Roma

Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ruth Goldbergerová, 1959

Ruth Landau, roz. Goldbergerová

* 1946

National minorities, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Historian and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

First visit to Prague in 1971

Madeleine Landoltová

* 1945

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Ivan Landsmann (1985)

Ivan Landsmann

* 1949 †︎ 2017

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer, The Netherlands

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

Petr Lang during Six Days War

Petr Lang

* 1924

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel)

Vlasta Lášková

Vlasta Lášková roz. Kvasničková

* 1928 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

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