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Radomil Kaláb in 1963

Mons. doc. Ing. Radomil Kaláb , CSc.

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Ľudmila Kalafutová (1980s) - the nuns were forced to put on civilian clothes

Ľudmila Kalafutová

* 1945

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Kalbáč during compulsory military service in 1961

Ing. Josef Kalbáč

* 1940

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer, Official in JZD, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 5 more anniversaries

Vasil Kalinič

* 1924 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Representative of the Church, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

In a boy scout uniform

Ing. Pavel Kalivoda

* 1955

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Kalus

Pavel Kalus

* 1958

Relatives of important personalities, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Karel Kalvach

Karel Kalvach

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical and 1 more categories

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

Michal Kaňa as a young man

Michal Kaňa

* 1953

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical and 10 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 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, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence and 1 more anniversaries

portrét dobo 01.jpg (historic)

PhDr. Ivan Kania

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Alois Kánský

Alois Kánský

* 1954 †︎ 2008

Representative of the Church, A secret police collaborator, A cultural celebrity, The topic of security forces before 1989

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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