25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR | Memory of Nations

Margita Kučerová in a wedding photo in 1954

Margita Kučerová

* 1931 †︎ 2023

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

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

Stanislava Kučerová_dobové foto.JPG (historic)

Professor, PhDr. Stanislava Kučerová

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Déclassé, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 7 more anniversaries

Věroslav Kudrna in a photograph from the Ministry of the Interior personnel files (undated)

Věroslav Kudrna

* 1929

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miloslav Kudrnáč in France, 1970s

Miloslav Kudrnáč

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Leopold Kukačka in Serbia 1987

Leopold Kukačka

* 1935

Romania, Environmentalist, Déclassé, Politician, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Karel Kukal - 40s

Karel Kukal

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

Jarmila Kuklová during the recording for Memory of Nations, 21 July 2025, Šternberk

Jarmila Kuklová

* 1923

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

divadlo Orfeus 1968.jpg (historic)

ThMgr. Erwin Kukuczka

* 1944 †︎ 2022

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, The underground and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

Zoltán Kukula

Zoltán Kukula

* 1926

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Pavel Kulhánek at the age of 25

Ing. Pavel Kulhánek

* 1932

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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