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PhD graduation ceremony, 1968

PhDr. Hana Junová, roz. Smržová

* 1937 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Juráčková

* 1946

People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Mária Jurčová

* 1934

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Zuzana Justman before the war

Zuzana Justman

* 1931

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Marie Kacrová

Marie Kacrová

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs and 1 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jiri Kaderabek, historical photograph

staff sergeant (ret.) Jiří Kadeřábek

* 1926 †︎ 2024

Czech minority in the former USSR, Holocaust, National minorities, Repatriated, Participant in antifascist resistance and 5 more categories

Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zdenka Kadlecová, 1950s

Zdenka Kadlecová

* 1936

Emigrant, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 7 more anniversaries

Felix Kafka 2016

Dr. Felix Kafka

* 1925

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Jiří Kafka as a RAF pilot

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Jiří Pavel Kafka

* 1924

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Royal Air Force and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Drahomíra Kahulová in 2021

Drahomíra Kahulová

* 1926 †︎ 2026

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Gypsies / Roma, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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