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Jan Kavan pictured on his British passport in the 1980s

Jan Kavan

* 1946

Diplomat, Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, A secret police collaborator and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 8 more anniversaries

Milada Kavičková in 2022

Milada Kavičková

* 1936

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

As a soldier in 1950

Mgr. Josef Kavka

* 1930

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Ladislav Kavka in 1950

Ladislav Kavka

* 1926

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Kavková, 2021

Věra Kavková

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Kazdová in 1939

Věra Kazdová

* 1921

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

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 4 more anniversaries

Professor, Dr. Benjamin Kedar

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 8 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Kellett in 1940s

Jaroslava Kellett, rozená Škarbanová

* 1921 †︎ 2019

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, People helping Jews during WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

foto dobo.jpg (historic)

Václav Kelnar

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical, Member of an Illegal Church and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Yann-Fañch Kemener (around 1975)

Yann-Fañch Kemener

* 1957 †︎ 2019

National minorities, Sexual minorities, Writer, Scientist, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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