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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

Young man František Kolečkář

František Kolečkář

* 1932 †︎ 2019

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Artistic portrait of Jan Komárek in 1970s

Jan Komárek

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

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Milo Komínek

* 1926 †︎ 2010

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Vera, period photograph from 1969

Vera Konig

* 1942

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Czech community in the US, Repatriated and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Judith Marosi, Bat micva, 1941

Judith Königsberg, roz. Marosi

* 1929

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 4 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1948 Arab–Israeli War

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Lenka Köppelová roz. Schneiderová

* 1928 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Anastazie Koprivová in 1960s

Mgr. Anastazie Kopřivová, roz. Vukolová

* 1936

Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Hanuš Korda

Hanuš Korda

* 1917 †︎ 2005

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Holocaust, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

Hanuš Kotek in the year 1941

Hanuš Kotek

* 1920 †︎ 2002

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Veteran of WW2, western front

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

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