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Ladislav Kilián

Colonel (ret.) Ladislav Kilián

* 1922 †︎ 2006

Czech minority in the former USSR, Border Guards, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Nathan Kisler

* 1918

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

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

Kiss Radomír in winter at the cottage (1986)

Radomír Kiss

* 1962

Anti-communist rebel, Art and censorship, The underground

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

Oswald Kittel in 2021

Oswald Kittel

* 1929

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Slavomír Klaban

Slavomír Klaban

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Valerián Klaban and Evžen Carboch

Major (ret.) Valerián Klaban

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

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

Vlasta Klačanská

Vlasta Klačanská, roz. Křenková

* 1931

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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Matylda Klapalová, roz. Lapková

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Antonín Klečka

* 1924

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Klečka after his return from Jáchymov, 1953

Josef Klečka

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts

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