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

Kraus in miltary service after the war

František Kraus

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A secret police collaborator, A secret police agent, Holocaust

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jiří Kraus, circa 1954

Ing. arch. Jiří Kraus

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Emil Krause in 1946

JUDr. Emil Krause

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Communist official, Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A secret police collaborator

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Dorota Kravjanská

Dorota Kravjanská

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Drahomíra Krčková before her arrest, 1949

Drahomíra Krčková

* 1929

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

Jiří Krčmář

Jiří Krčmář

* 1941

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Silvester Krčméry

Silvester Krčméry

* 1924 †︎ 2013

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Boy Scouts, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Marie Krebsová in 2021

Ing. Marie Krebsová

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Rostislav Krejčiřík

* 1925

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka

Ladislav Krejza - portrait

Ladislav Krejza

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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