1989 - The fall of the iron curtain | Memory of Nations

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

Marta Kottová

Marta Kottová

* 1929 †︎ 2017

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt and 2 more anniversaries

Jarmila Francová (Koutná)

Jarmila Koutná

* 1931

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

PhDr. Štefan Kováč

* 1940

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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