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A portrait no. 2, Vladimír Kouřil, 2019

Vladimír Kouřil

* 1944

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Kousal in 2019

Zdeněk Kousal

* 1960

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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Josef Kovalčuk

* 1948 †︎ 2018

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anežka Kovalová

* 1949

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Artists

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jiří Kovanda, 20th birthday, Petřín 1973

Jiří Kovanda

* 1953

Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Libuše Kozáková, 1958

Libuše Kozáková

* 1935

Déclassé, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia) and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Kozánek in contemporary photograph

Petr Kozánek

* 1949

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Kožušník worked as a lighting electrician

Mgr. Václav Kožušník

* 1945

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 4 more anniversaries

Helena Kratochvílová

Helena Kratochvílová

* 1943

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, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Kraus with his parents at Jarmilina skála

JUDr. Tomáš Kraus

* 1954

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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