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Kiss Radomír in winter at the cottage (1986)

Radomír Kiss

* 1962

Anti-communist rebel, Art and censorship, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Herbert Kisza in the forest near Podobora

Herbert Kisza

* 1943

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Art and censorship, Artists, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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

dobová fotka portrét.jpg (historic)

Master of Fine Arts Mario Klemens

* 1936 †︎ 2025

A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 3 more anniversaries

Miroslav Klepáček

* 1963

Member of an Illegal Church, Journalist, Art and censorship

5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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