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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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Vojtěch Klečka

* 1921 †︎ 2012

Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Agent of the western secret services (cold war) and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

Gabriela Kleinová

Gabriela Kleinová

* 1921

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jiří Kleker

Jiří Kleker

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 2 more anniversaries

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generálporučík Jaroslav Klemeš

* 1922 †︎ 2017

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Klíbr Zdeněk

Zdeněk Klíbr

* 1929

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Kloda in 1948

Jan Kloda

* 1926

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

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Pavel Knihař

* 1931 †︎ 2018

French Foreign Legion, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Eva Knihová, née Stránská, following her first release from prison, 1953

Eva Knihová

* 1933 †︎ 2025

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

Sister Bohdana Knotková in 1954

Božena Knotková

* 1931 †︎ 2021

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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