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

Božena Koreňová in her youth

Božena Koreňová

* 1931

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Pavel Kořínek with his sister Hana and father Otto Kořínek in Ústí nad Orlicí in 1948. Three years later, the father ended up as a political prisoner in a communist prison.

MUDr. Pavel Kořínek

* 1943

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Cecilie Kornerová / 2023

Cecilie Kornerová

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

As a bridesmaid at her sister's wedding

Jindřiška Koryčanská

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 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

Bohumil Kos in the begining WWII

Bohumil Kos

* 1923 †︎ 2015

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Josef Kosák in Malá Fatra mountains, 1970

Josef Kosák

* 1942

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

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

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Stanislav Kosík

* 1932 †︎ 2008

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Edita Kosinová

Edita Kosinová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

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Helena Kosková

* 1935

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions and 1 more anniversaries

Jarmila Koslovská in 1969

Jarmila Koslovská

* 1960

Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

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