Life along the Iron Curtain

Wedding photograph of Ludmila Koštejnová, 1958

Ludmila Koštejnová

* 1935

Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 7 more anniversaries

Rosalie Koubová, 1950s

Rosalie Koubová

* 1932

Illegal border crossing, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Otmar Kowar as a mayor of Unsferau-Altweitra town (around 2018)

Otmar Kowar

* 1968

Politician, Farmer, Life along the Iron Curtain, Austria

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Family photo; Gerhard Krakl is far right, 1950

Gerhard Krakl

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Portrait of Robert Kramann when he was studying to become a confectioner

Robert Kramann

* 1945

National minorities, Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain, Austria

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Hynek Krátký at grammar school, 1976

Hynek Krátký

* 1961

Politician, Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Marie Krausová at her graduation in 1965

MUDr. Marie Krausová

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eliška Krausová before leaving for Colombia, Prague, 1968

Eliška Krausová-Chavez

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jindřich Krepindl in 1967 during compulsory military service in Dukla Prague

Jindřich Krepindl

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Erwin Kreuzwieser, 2022

Erwin Kreuzwieser

* 1948

Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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