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Helena Křikavová

Staff Sergeant (ret.) Helena Křikavová

* 1923 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Volhynian Czechs, Relatives of important personalities

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

Hubert Krista in 2022

Hubert Krista

* 1934

Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), Illegal border crossing, Victim of forced relocation, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands"

Jiří Krista in 2021

Jiří Krista

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland)

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Pplk.v.v. Pavel Kristl

* 1929

Member of Orel, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

Rudolf Krivanek after his arrival in Czechoslovakia, 1963

Rudolf Křivánek

* 1934

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Jiřina Křivánková

Jiřina Křivánková

* 1951

Repatriated, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Sokol, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Křivka voják.jpg (historic)

Colonel (ret.), ThDr. Jan Křivka

* 1926 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Representative of the Church, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Erich Kříž during filming

Erich Kříž

* 1959

Historian, Politician, Sudeten Germans

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josip Križmanić

Josip Križmanić

* 1926

National minorities, The Partisan, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Croatia

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Helena Křížová (Hackenberg) in Jihlava

Helena Křížová

* 1928 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Memory of vanished settlements

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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