5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising | Memory of Nations

Anastazie Koprivová in 1960s

Mgr. Anastazie Kopřivová, roz. Vukolová

* 1936

Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

František Koraba

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Pavel Korábek, circa 1943

Pavel Korábek

* 1942

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miroslav Košťál aged 12

Miroslav Košťál

* 1932

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

Marta Košťálová (1940s)

Marta Košťálová

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Politician

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

01 - Bohumir Koubek - Young

Bohumír Koubek

* 1931 †︎ 2018

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Artists, A cultural celebrity

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Josef Koutecky, 1948 (a graduation photo)

Professor MUDr., DrSc. Josef Koutecký

* 1930 †︎ 2019

Writer, Scientist, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Kovářík in his thirties after coming home from prison

Josef Kovářík

* 1927

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Kovářík Oldřich

Oldřich Kovářík

* 1922 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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

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