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Twelve-year-old Ivan Klíma

Mgr. Ivan Klíma

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Dissident, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Journalist, Art and censorship

27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt

Marie Klimešová, 1978

Professor, PhDr. Marie Klimešová

* 1952

Boy Scouts, Art and censorship, Artists, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness as a 20-year-old man, 1984

Otomar Klodner

* 1964

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

Palach Week, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Elmar Kloss

Master of Fine Arts Elmar Kloss

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Klukanová (Šabatová) in 1952

Ludmila Klukanová

* 1936

A cultural celebrity, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relatives of important personalities and 2 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

As a young man

Master of Fine Arts Jan Klusák

* 1934

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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Milan Knížák

* 1940

Dissident, A cultural celebrity, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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Michael Kocáb

* 1954

Diplomat, Dissident, Politician, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

Helena Koenigsmark at the time of her graduation, 1972

Helena Koenigsmarková

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Dissident, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Archive photo

Ondřej Kohout

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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