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PhDr. Štefan Kováč

* 1940

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Ladislav Král in 1960s

Ladislav Král

* 1921 †︎ 2021

Sokol, Scientist

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Králík, around 1956

RNDr., CSc. Jan Králík

* 1947

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Present-day photo

PhDr. Josef Krám

* 1937

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jaro Křivohlavý, 1942

professor PhDr., CSc. Jaro Křivohlavý

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, A cultural celebrity, Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 20. 6. 1942 - prezekuce a věznění studentů z Roudnice nad Labem

Doc. MUDr. Michal Kroó

* 1923 †︎ 2016

National minorities, Holocaust, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Hidden people, Hungarian army soldier during 2WW and 3 more categories

29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Jaroslav Kropáček in 1952-53

Jaroslav Kropáček

* 1939

Scientist, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Prof. Ing., CSc. Jiří Kryštůfek

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Scientist, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Kubeš (2015)

Ing. Josef Kubeš

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Kucera - after the school-leaving exams

Professor, Ing., CSc. Jan Kučera

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner, The Children of Lidice, The Women of Lidice, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

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