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Rut Kohnová, 1954

Rut Kohnová

* 1937

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Radio Free Europe and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Kohoutová Taťána, 2014

Taťána Kohoutová

* 1938

Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Editha Kokojanová

Editha Kokojanová

* 1921 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

The graduation photo

Felix Kolmer

* 1922 †︎ 2022

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 2 more anniversaries

Jindřiška Kolocová in 1944

Jindřiška Kolocová

* 1924 †︎ unknown

Sokol, Holocaust

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Karel Komers in his youth

Karel Komers

* 1938

Holocaust, Border Guards, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 22 May 1946 - Trial with K. H. Frank, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 2 more anniversaries

Emile Konečná

Emilie Konečná

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Czech minority in the former USSR, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

Witness Magdaléna with parents: mother Rozália and father Herman Pessel.

Magdaléna Konečná (Bínovská)

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Martin Konečný, mid-1990s

Martin Konečný

* 1964

Relative of a political prisoner, Dissident, Holocaust

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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

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