1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria | Memory of Nations

1981

Mgr. Zdeněk Klíma

* 1958

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Young Karel Kotek

Ing. Karel Kotek

* 1922 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Vladimír Koudelka, 1960s

Vladimír Koudelka

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

Josef Kroc

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Border Guards, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

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Libuše Kučerová

* 1930 †︎ unknown

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Karel Kuchynka, 1953

Karel Kuchynka

* 1934

Agent of the Soviet secret service, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii and 15 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria and 1 more anniversaries

Leopold Kukačka in Serbia 1987

Leopold Kukačka

* 1935

Romania, Environmentalist, Déclassé, Politician, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Marián Kvarda during his military service (late 60s)

Marián Kvarda

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

Photo for the photo-album of school-leavers of the Vimperk Forestry School, 1967

Jan Märtl

* 1947

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

Emma Marxová, 1959, historical photography

Emma Marxová

* 1937

Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

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