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Miloslav Kratochvíl - Bitton

Colonel (ret.) Miloslav Kratochvíl - Bitton

* 1919 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign

Ivo Krejci during filming

Ivo Krejčí

* 1929

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

PN_Krotil_dobova.jpg (historic)

Jiří Krotil

* unknown

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Sokol and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

1989. From left: Barbara Kroutilová (daughter), Jiřina Kroutilová, Karel Linha (father). On the farm in Temenice.

Jiřina Kroutilová

* 1937

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Emigrant

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Markéta Krouzová, 1984

ak. malířka Markéta Krouzová

* 1952

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Rudolf Krzák 1942

Major General Rudolf Krzák

* 1914 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Jaromír Kubias during the interview

Jaromír Kubias

* 1942

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Refugee center and transit point Risiera di San Sabba in Trieste

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jaroslav Kubík as a clown at his solo performance in Germany

Jaroslav Kubík

* 1939 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, The Sportsmen, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milada Kubíková-Šťastný

* 1943

Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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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