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Alois Křišťan, graduation, 1980

Dr. Ing. Alois Křišťan , Th.D.

* 1956

Clergymen, Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 1 more anniversaries

On basic military service, 1954

Ing. František Křížek

* 1932

Life along the Iron Curtain

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Křížek at the hop brigade in 1964, when he finished primary school

Jaroslav Křížek

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

pětadvacetiletá Jiřina Křížková.jpg (historic)

MUDr. Jiřina Křížková

* 1925

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

In childhood

Miroslav Krobot

* 1951

Art and censorship, 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

Jaroslav Kropáček in 1952-53

Jaroslav Kropáček

* 1939

Scientist, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

1989. From left: Barbara Kroutilová (daughter), Jiřina Kroutilová, Karel Linha (father). On the farm in Temenice.

Jiřina Kroutilová

* 1937

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Emigrant

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Graduation photo, 1970

Ing. Václav Kršík

* 1951

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

Karel Krška at the army, 1961

Karel Krška

* 1938

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

The picture from the 1960s shows Božena Kršková as a judge

Božena Kršková

* 1934

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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