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As a Staff Sergeant in 1968

Stanislav Kubín

* 1943

Déclassé, Politician, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miloslav Kudrnáč in France, 1970s

Miloslav Kudrnáč

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Leopold Kukačka in Serbia 1987

Leopold Kukačka

* 1935

Romania, Environmentalist, Déclassé, Politician, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Karel Kukal - 40s

Karel Kukal

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

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ThMgr. Erwin Kukuczka

* 1944 †︎ 2022

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, The underground and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

Tomas Kulik - young

Tomáš Kulík

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity, Forced labour during the WW2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Kunc after graduation in 1963

Milan Kunc

* 1944

Italy, Germany, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Kundera, as an actor

Josef Kundera

* 1960

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

With sister Ludmila, 1968

Ing. Oldřich Kůrečka

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Radoslav Kvapil in 1979

Radoslav Kvapil

* 1934

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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