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Ing. Tomáš Kopřiva

* 1956

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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Miroslav Kopt

* 1935 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Helena Kordová - Wildeová

Helena Kordová - Wildeová

* 1917 †︎ 2011

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Wedding photo, with husband Miroslav, 1960s

Květa Korečková

* 1944

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

11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Janusz Korzen in 2025

Janusz Korzen

* 1947

Poland, Environmentalist

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Ľudovít Kossár

* 1965

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities

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

Wedding photograph of Ludmila Koštejnová, 1958

Ludmila Koštejnová

* 1935

Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 7 more anniversaries

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

Charlotta Pocheová in 1962 in Nové Město nad Metují

Charlotta Kotíková

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 1 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Ludmila Kotlabová née Navrátilová

Ludmila Kotlabová

* 1932

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

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