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

Helena Kratochvílová

Helena Kratochvílová

* 1943

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, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdenka Kratochvílová, 2017

Zdeňka Kratochvílová

* 1936 †︎ 2024

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

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

Leaving exam Gymnazium photo

Mgr. František Kraus

* 1927 †︎ 2021

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

The actor Josef Kraus

Josef Kraus

* 1941

Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Emil Krause in 1946

JUDr. Emil Krause

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Communist official, Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A secret police collaborator

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Dita Polachová, 1942

Dita Krausová

* 1929 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 5 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Dorota Kravjanská

Dorota Kravjanská

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jiří Krčmář

Jiří Krčmář

* 1941

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Milada Krčmařová, 1960s

Milada Krčmařová

* 1925 †︎ 2021

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Krčmárová

* 1934

Homeland and Life, Human Rights Defender, Literature in exile, Poland, Holocaust and 14 more categories

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 27 more anniversaries

Statistics: 20798 Witnesses the Database; 11708 Witness Stories; 21405 Registered Researchers; 173955 Photos; 69180 Clips