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Vilém Kantor-1944

Vilém Kantor

* 1926 †︎ 2021

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Marie Kantorová (Bartošková)-1945

Marie Kantorová

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

František Kaplan

Colonel František Kaplan

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka

With her husband

Helena Karafová

* 1922

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Portrait of Arnošt Karas in 1949

Ing. Arnošt Karas

* 1924 †︎ 2020

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Karásek

Jaromír Karásek

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Karásek in 2023

Mgr. Josef Karásek

* 1944

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Oldřich Karásek during a shooting for Memory of Nations, Zlín, 2022

Oldřich Karásek

* 1933 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Writer and 3 more categories

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Konstantin Karger

Konstantin Karger

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Member of Orel, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Photo from 1952

Pater Jaroslav Karl

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 8 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 5 more anniversaries

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