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

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

Václav Kulhánek during his compulsory military service in PTP, which he finished after more then three years on 31th December 1953

Monsignor Václav Kulhánek

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Catholic clerical, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), 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, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Jana Kulhánková retro foto

Jana Kulhánková

* 1939

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Josef Kulich

Captain (ret.) Josef Kulich

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Repatriated, Participant in antifascist resistance, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 3 more categories

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 6 more anniversaries

Josef Kulvait (en)

Josef Kulvait

* 1929 †︎ unknown

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alojz Kuna

Alojz Kuna

* 1936

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), 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, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Milan Kunc after graduation in 1963

Milan Kunc

* 1944

Italy, Germany, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

At military service in Lešany (near Prague), 1962

Pavel Kuneš

* 1937

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical, Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Archangela Anna Kunická

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

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