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Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

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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

Jarmila Kopečková in 2021

Mgr. Jarmila Kopečková

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Čestmír Kopecký, November 2023

Čestmír Kopecký

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait, 2018

Vladimír Kopecký

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Kopejsková, then Holubová, in the photo from the graduation photo board

Věra Kopejsková

* 1942

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Historical photo

Professor Marek Kopelent

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Bedřich Kopold

Colonel (ret.) Bedřich Kopold

* 1921 †︎ 2007

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Communist official, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relatives of important personalities and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 1 more anniversaries

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