21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops | Memory of Nations

Michal Kaňa as a young man

Michal Kaňa

* 1953

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical and 10 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 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, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Kaňák in 1969

Ing. Jan Kaňák

* 1953

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

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

Štěpán Kaňák / around 1964

Štěpán Kaňák

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jana Kaněrová in 1943. First Holy Communion

Jana Kaněrová

* 1934

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Kaňka in 1959

Václav Kaňka

* 1938 †︎ 2025

Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Ludmila Káňová, 2018

Ludmila Káňová

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Lubomír Kantor

Lubomír Kantor

* 1935 †︎ unknown

Boy Scouts

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Vilém Kantor-1944

Vilém Kantor

* 1926 †︎ 2021

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

A photo of that time, circa 1944

Ludmila Kantorová

* 1941

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 6 more anniversaries

1796-portrait_present.jpg (historic)

Eva Kantůrková

* 1930

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

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