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Vladislav Krátký

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Boy Scouts, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Martin Kratochvíl in 1975

PhDr. Martin Kratochvíl

* 1946

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Zdenka Kratochvílová, 2017

Zdeňka Kratochvílová

* 1936 †︎ 2024

A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

As a student

Jaroslav Krček

* 1939

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Božena Krejčová Charles University, Praha, 1953.

Božena Krejčová

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Vít Kremlička, 1984

Vít Kremlička

* 1962

Dissident, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Zdeněk Křenek

Master of Fine Arts Zdeněk Křenek

* 1951

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Eda Kriseová in the 1960s

Eda Kriseová

* 1940

Dissident, Writer, Journalist, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Jaro Křivohlavý, 1942

professor PhDr., CSc. Jaro Křivohlavý

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, A cultural celebrity, Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 20. 6. 1942 - prezekuce a věznění studentů z Roudnice nad Labem

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