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Václav Kášek in 1969 after his release from prison

Václav Kášek

* 1943

Political prisoner, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 2 more categories

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

Miloslav Kloubek, student years

Mgr. Miloslav Kloubek

* 1960

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989

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

Dalibor Knejfl as a partisan, 1944

Dalibor Knejfl

* 1925

Participant in antifascist resistance, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's

Vilém Kodíček, 1980

Bachelor Vilém Kodíček

* 1959

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše

With huge "bells" on his pants in the Canadian city of Moncton (province of New Brunswick), 1978

Jan Köhler

* 1950

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Border Guards, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Kokta at the military service in 1966

Josef Kokta

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

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

As a seventh grader on a field trip.

Ing., Colonel Ľubomír Kolenčík

* 1948

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, The Sportsmen, War veteran after 1989

1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Jaroslav Komárek, 1945

Jaroslav Komárek

* 1925

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 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

Magda Konvalinová, a portrait

Magda Konvalinová

* 1957

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Roman Kopřiva

Colonel (Ret.), Ing. Roman Kopřiva Ph.D.

* 1964

Diplomat, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

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