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Elmar Kloss

Master of Fine Arts Elmar Kloss

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miloslav Kloubek, student years

Mgr. Miloslav Kloubek

* 1960

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989

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

Jaroslav Klouda (undated)

Jaroslav Klouda

* 1931

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of 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 1 more anniversaries

Ivo Klouda in 2020.

Ivo Klouda

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 5 more anniversaries

Milan Klouda in 2023

Milan Klouda

* 1935

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Milan Kluc in 1958

Milan Kluc

* 1938 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Klus / 1961

Jan Klus

* 1929

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany

Marie Klusáčková, the Childhood in England, 1940 - 1945

Marie Klusáčková

* 1939

Participant in antifascist resistance, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Repatriated

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vojtěch Klusoň in 1966

Vojtěch Klusoň

* 1949

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

At young age (1970s)

Doc. Ing. Ladislav Kmetík

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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