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Oldřich Karásek during a shooting for Memory of Nations, Zlín, 2022

Oldřich Karásek

* 1933 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Writer and 3 more categories

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Photo from 1952

Pater Jaroslav Karl

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 8 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 5 more anniversaries

Kamila Karnikova

Kamila Karníková

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Jana Karpíšková, née Nepustilová, in 1953

Jana Karpíšková

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Karvašová, as a 12-year-old, helped the partisans, fed their horses. Year 1944, locality - Železnô.

Eva Karvašová

* 1932

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Jiří Kašlík at the military service, 1968, Tři Sekery near Mariánské Lázně

Jiří Kašlík

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Relative of a political prisoner, 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

kaspar_bretislav1.jpg (historic)

Břetislav Kašpar

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, The Partisan, Relative of a political prisoner

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Miroslava Kaštovská (Tkačová) - 1943

Miroslava Kaštovská

* 1931

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Historical photography

Stefan Katona

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Kavan pictured on his British passport in the 1980s

Jan Kavan

* 1946

Diplomat, Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, A secret police collaborator and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 8 more anniversaries

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