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

Dalibor Knejfl as a partisan, 1944

Dalibor Knejfl

* 1925

Participant in antifascist resistance, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's

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Pavel Knihař

* 1931 †︎ 2018

French Foreign Legion, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

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

Vladimír Knob at the end of his high school studies, 1958

Vladimír Knob

* 1939

Volhynian Czechs, Ukraine, Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner

1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

Miloslava Knobová at Hrubá Skála in summer 1954

Miloslava Knobová

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Farmer, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Blažena Knoppová, rod. Riesová

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Fights with Bandera's forces, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

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Ludmila Kňourková

* 1927

Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of Orel

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 5 more anniversaries

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Alfréd Kocáb

* 1925 †︎ 2018

Representative of the Church, Charter 77 signatory, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Hidden people and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

J. Kochmannová

Josefa Kochmannová

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer, 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

Helena Kociánová

Helena Kociánová

* 1933

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Vojtěch Kočka

Vojtěch Kočka

* 1942

A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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