Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) | Memory of Nations

Viliam Kasperkevič

Viliam Kasperkevič

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Marie Kastnerová shortly after the war

Marie Kastnerová

* 1927 †︎ 2025

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of 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 2 more anniversaries

Jan Kazda at the military service, 1952

Jan Kazda

* 1931

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts

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

Miloslava Kelblová in 1951

Miloslava Kelblová

* 1936 †︎ 2025

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Underage political prisoners, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ivana Kettnerová as a little girl, 1945

Ivana Kettnerová

* 1951

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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

Ivan Kieslinger

Ivan Kieslinger

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Ladislav Kisska

Ladislav Kisska

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ondrej Kizek (1947) - photo from college

Ondrej Kizek

* 1926

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 4 more anniversaries

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Matylda Klapalová, roz. Lapková

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Josef Klečka after his return from Jáchymov, 1953

Josef Klečka

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts

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