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

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Věra Kalná

* 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 †︎ 2020

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

During the high school-leaving exam, 1956

Petr Karlík

* 1938

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Kašpařík, First Holy Communion, 1944

Ing. Jan Kašpařík

* 1936

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Kaštánek's graduation photograph, 1958

Jiří Kaštánek

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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 3 more anniversaries

Antonín Pavel Kejdana at the graduation photo in 1951

Pater Antonín Pavel Kejdana

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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