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Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

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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

Hynek Krátký at grammar school, 1976

Hynek Krátký

* 1961

Politician, Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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Vladislav Krátký

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Boy Scouts, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Helena Kratochvílová

Helena Kratochvílová

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Kraus's high school graduation photo, 1969

Jaroslav Kraus

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Kraus with his parents at Jarmilina skála

JUDr. Tomáš Kraus

* 1954

Secret police informer, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Witness at the end of her studies at the Comenius Evangelical Faculty of Theology, 1973

Mgr. Jana Krausová

* 1950

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Eliška Krausová before leaving for Colombia, Prague, 1968

Eliška Krausová-Chavez

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Krbůšek in 2021

Jaroslav Krbůšek

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Ivo Krejci during filming

Ivo Krejčí

* 1929

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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