30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

young Akéla

Mgr. Jan Kacerovský

* 1932

Boy Scouts

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Kadlec in his graduation photograph (1953)

Ing. Jan Kadlec

* 1934

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

As a grammar school graduate

Hannelore Kalenská

* 1943

National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Matěj Kalina in his youth, Šumice, 1960s

Matěj Kalina

* 1942

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

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Věra Kalná roz. Ježková

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Memory of vanished settlements

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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MUDr. Josef Kalný

* 1933 †︎ 2018

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Helena Kalusová (née Šobotová)

Helena Kalusová

* 1948

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War and 2 more anniversaries

Vilém Kantor-1944

Vilém Kantor

* 1926 †︎ 2021

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Portrait of Arnošt Karas in 1949

Ing. Arnošt Karas

* 1924

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Oldřich Karásek during a shooting for Memory of Nations, Zlín, 2022

Oldřich Karásek

* 1933 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Writer and 3 more categories

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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