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Portrait in Forest Hills, Queens, October 14, 2023

Antonín Kocurek Corporal

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Clergymen, United States of America, Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Kofroň

Jan Kofroň

* 1944

Member of an Illegal Church, 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

Jan Josef Kohl with the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Jan Josef Kohl

* 1928 †︎ 2013

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Marie Vychytilová, married Kohli. 1964

Marie Kohli

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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František Kohlíček

* 1914 †︎ 2007

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Lucie Kohoutková

Lucie Kohoutková

* 1929

Sudeten Germans, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Josef Koláček

Josef Koláček

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

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Bohumil Kolář

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Hidden people and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Petr Kolář in 1968

Petr Kolář

* 1941 †︎ 2023

Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Friars, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Pavel Kolínek in youth

Pavel Kolínek

* 1938

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

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