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Karel Kučera in May 1945

Karel Kučera

* 1940

Memory of vanished settlements, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Tomáš Kučera in 1970 before the World Ski Championships in the High Tatras

Tomáš Kučera

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Michal Kučera, July 25, 2009

Master Sergeant (ret.) Michal Kučera

* 1925

Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Photographs from military service, November 21, 1965

Vladimír Kučera

* 1946

Historian, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Borisa Kučerová in 2022

Borisa Kučerová

* 1933

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Kučerová, 1964

Marie Kučerová

* 1945

Memory of vanished settlements, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Květuše Kučerová in her youth

Květuše Kučerová

* 1928 †︎ 2020

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, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

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Libuše Kučerová

* 1930 †︎ unknown

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Margita Kučerová in a wedding photo in 1954

Margita Kučerová

* 1931 †︎ 2023

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdeněk Kuchta, circa 1952

Zdeněk Kuchta

* 1936

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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