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

Pavel Kořínek with his sister Hana and father Otto Kořínek in Ústí nad Orlicí in 1948. Three years later, the father ended up as a political prisoner in a communist prison.

MUDr. Pavel Kořínek

* 1943

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Miloslava Kořínková, née Krtková, in her wedding photo

Miloslava Kořínková

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

dobovka.jpg (historic)

Jiří Kornatovský

* 1952 †︎ 2025

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Vladimir Koronthály

Mgr. Vladimír Koronthály

* 1951

Member of an Illegal Church, Historian, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Markéta Koronthályová

PhDr. Markéta Koronthályová

* 1952

Member of an Illegal Church, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

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

Konstantin Korovin in 1979

PhDr. Konstantin Korovin

* 1945 †︎ 2026

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, 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, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 2 more anniversaries

Kristina Kortišová, second half of the 1960s

Kristina Kortišová

* 1951

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Zdeněk Koryčanský in 2020

Zdeněk Koryčanský

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Secondary school graduation photo, 1969

Mgr. Radomír Kos

* 1948

Journalist, Bata school Graduate, Repatriated, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Petr Košacký, 1978

Ing. Petr Košacký

* 1945

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

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