5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring | Memory of Nations

Karel Kovařovic in 1988

PaedDr. Karel Kovařovic

* 1950

Relatives of important personalities, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

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

Libuše Kozáková, 1958

Libuše Kozáková

* 1935

Déclassé, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia) and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Kozánek in contemporary photograph

Petr Kozánek

* 1949

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Graduation photograph of J. Kozlík - 1968

Jan Kozlík

* 1946

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Václav Kožušník worked as a lighting electrician

Mgr. Václav Kožušník

* 1945

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 4 more anniversaries

Adult Petr Král at work

Petr Král

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

1980, Jarmila Králíčková in the Czechoslovak national team jersey

Jarmila Králíčková

* 1944

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alena Králová - London

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

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