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

Jarmila Karasová roz. Blažková

Jarmila Karasová roz. Blažková

* 1948

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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

Roman Karel, 1990s

Roman Karel

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Lenka Karfíková - photo taken for AD magazine, 2003

Professor, Dr. Lenka Karfíková

* 1963

Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Konstantin Karger

Konstantin Karger

* 1929 †︎ 2024

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Karika aged five in the garden of the Na Rychtě mansion in Ústí nad Labem

Private Karel Karika

* 1960

National minorities, Politician, Gypsies / Roma, 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

Photo from 1952

Pater Jaroslav Karl

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 8 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 5 more anniversaries

During the high school-leaving exam, 1956

Petr Karlík

* 1938

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ivan Karlin in his youth

Ivan Karlín

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Karmazín in 2021

Petr Karmazín

* 1949

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Roman Karpaš, 1989

Mgr. Roman Karpaš

* 1951

Historian, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

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

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