Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Petr Kolář in 1998

PhDr. Petr Kolář

* 1962

Diplomat, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Daniela Kolářová in 2023

Master of Fine Arts Daniela Kolářová

* 1946

A cultural celebrity, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Michal Kolečko in 2019

Professor, PhDr. Michal Koleček

* 1966

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Viktoria Kolesnikova in 2024

Viktoria Kolesnikova

* 1959

Ukraine

2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Rut Kolínská in 1973

PhDr. Rut Kolínská

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jaroslav Komárek, 1945

Jaroslav Komárek

* 1925

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Karel Komers in his youth

Karel Komers

* 1938

Holocaust, Border Guards, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 22 May 1946 - Trial with K. H. Frank, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 2 more anniversaries

Martin Konečný, mid-1990s

Martin Konečný

* 1964

Relative of a political prisoner, Dissident, Holocaust

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

1950 - 1954

Pavel Konzal

* 1927

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars, Forced labour during the WW2 and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Václav Konzal, 2017

Václav Konzal

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

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