Sokol | Memory of Nations

Ing. Adolf Klein

* 1934

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Klenka, 20 years old, 1948

Vladimír Klenka

* 1928

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Miroslav Klimeš

* 1921

Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol

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

Sylva Knedlová, a ballet dancer

Sylva Knedlová

* 1934

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

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dalibor Knejfl as a partisan, 1944

Dalibor Knejfl

* 1925

Participant in antifascist resistance, Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's

Miroslava Knížátková in 1957

Miroslava Knížátková

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Alfréd Kocáb

* 1925 †︎ 2018

Representative of the Church, Charter 77 signatory, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Hidden people and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

Jiří Kocián at the time of the birth of his son Petr, 1978

Jiří Kocián

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sokol

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Kodejš, 2024

Milan Kodejš

* 1933

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zdislava Kodešová (1950s)

Zdislava Kodešová

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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