8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII | Memory of Nations

Eva Sikorová, after marriage Kiedrońová / around 1960

Eva Kiedrońová

* 1941

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

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rudolf Kiesewetter, Weidenberg, May 2019

Rudolf Kiesewetter

* 1932

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

The mill in Stráž, 2021

Annemarie Kist

* 1933

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Germany

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Oswald Kittel in 2021

Oswald Kittel

* 1929

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ondrej Kizek (1947) - photo from college

Ondrej Kizek

* 1926

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Kyb_dobova.jpg (historic)

Jiří Klaban

* 1930

Boy Scouts

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Julie Klačková

Julie Klačková

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Germany, Forced labour during the WW2, Repatriated, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Sylvia Klánová (early 1970s)

Sylvia Klánová

* 1949

The Children of Lidice, The Women of Lidice, Memory of vanished settlements, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 5 more anniversaries

13letá skautkaTylda.jpg (historic)

Matylda Klapalová, roz. Lapková

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Annelies Klapetková, 1964

Annelies Klapetková

* 1943

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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