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Čestmír Klos

* 1943

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Jaroslav Kmenta

Mgr. Jaroslav Kmenta

* 1969

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Journalist

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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János Kokes

* 1952

National minorities, Journalist, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Ing., Mgr. Gabriel Kollár

* 1952

Journalist, The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martin Komárek

PhDr. Martin Komárek

* 1961

Relatives of important personalities, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician, Writer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Augustin Konečný in his graduation photograph (1963)

Augustin Konečný

* 1948

Journalist, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Kopecká in 2022

RNDr., CSc. Helena Kopecká

* 1931 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Czech community in the US, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

Helmut Kopetzky, Prague, 2024

Helmut Kopetzky

* 1940

Journalist, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Secondary school graduation photo, 1969

Mgr. Radomír Kos

* 1948

Journalist, Bata school Graduate, Repatriated, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Jiří Kostúr

Jiří Kostúr

* 1942 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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