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Růžena Křížková in 1943

Růžena Křížková

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vlasta Křížová Gallerová (en)

Vlasta Křížová Gallerová

* 1942

Dissident, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Rudolf Kropík (1958), historical photography

Rudolf Kropík

* 1937 †︎ 2024

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Krupička in SC Bern jersey, mid 70s

Jaroslav Krupička

* 1946

Emigrant, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Kamil Krůta playing guitar

Kamil Krůta

* 1969

The underground, Art and censorship, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

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

Peter Kubička - First Holly Communion

Ing. Peter Kubička

* 1968

The Sportsmen, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Life along the Iron Curtain

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Kučera in 1970 before the World Ski Championships in the High Tatras

Tomáš Kučera

* 1948

The Sportsmen, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Kuchynka, 1953

Karel Kuchynka

* 1934

Agent of the Soviet secret service, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii and 15 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria and 1 more anniversaries

Elfriede "Friedl" Eger aged about 14 years. Schönelinde - Krásná Lípa

Marie Elfriede Kunze-Concewitz

* 1925

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Jiří Kupilík in the army

Jiří Kupilík

* 1936

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 5 more anniversaries

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