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Joy Kadečková

Joy Kadečková

* 1921 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Royal Air Force

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Jiri Kaderabek, historical photograph

staff sergeant (ret.) Jiří Kadeřábek

* 1926 †︎ 2024

Czech minority in the former USSR, Holocaust, National minorities, Repatriated, Participant in antifascist resistance and 5 more categories

Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Cutout from a poor quality photograph from the childhood of Marie Kadeřábková, Volyně, second half of the 1930s.

Marie Kadeřábková

* 1933 †︎ unknown

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Felix Kafka 2016

Dr. Felix Kafka

* 1925

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

As a grammar school graduate

Hannelore Kalenská

* 1943

National minorities, 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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Adolf Kaleta at the time when he fought at Dunkerque

Colonel (ret.) Adolf Kaleta

* 1925 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 1 more anniversaries

Matěj Kalina in his youth, Šumice, 1960s

Matěj Kalina

* 1942

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Kalinová as a child

Eva Kalinová

* 1913 †︎ 2011

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Iryna Kalja, August 4, 2013

Iryna Kalja

* 1942

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949), Ukraine in 1990-s., 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

Helena Kalusová (née Šobotová)

Helena Kalusová

* 1948

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War and 2 more anniversaries

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