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

Naděžda Kovářová in 2023

Naděžda Kovářová

* 1936

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Kovtun

Jiří Kovtun

* 1927 †︎ 2014

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Radio Free Europe

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Kozák

* 1943

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Sportsmen

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Kozel, around 1960

Ing. Jiří Kozel

* 1929

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Bohumil Kožela in the season 1965 -1966

Bohumil Kožela

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Krajčovič

Milan Krajčovič

* 1929 †︎ 2008

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), 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

Vladimir Krajina, school photo, 8th class, Vancouver 1960

MUDr. Vladimír Krajina

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Illegal border crossing

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jozef Krajňák

Jozef Krajňák

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

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

Family photo; Gerhard Krakl is far right, 1950

Gerhard Krakl

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

At the military service in the 50s

Jiří Král

* 1934

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

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