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

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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

Jiří Kocman in a riding uniform

Jiří Kocman

* 1935

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Emil Kočnár, 1945

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Emil Kočnár

* 1916 †︎ 2015

Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Jaromíra Kočnárová

Jaromíra Kočnarová

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

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

The witness with a picture of President Masaryk, who played an interesting role in his father's story

Václav Kodytek

* 1953

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Erazim Kohák at the Boy Scouts camp of the Group 118 Praha in summer 1945

Professor Erazim Kohák

* 1933 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

With huge "bells" on his pants in the Canadian city of Moncton (province of New Brunswick), 1978

Jan Köhler

* 1950

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Border Guards, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 2 more categories

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

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