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Josef Koudela

Josef Koudela

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Jan Koukol

Colonel (ret.) Jan Koukol

* 1912 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Participant in antifascist resistance

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Kouřil, Velehrad, 1979

Mgr. Jan Kouřil

* 1956

Dissident, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Anti-communist rebel

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Božena Kouřiková née Zicháčková

Bohuslava Kouřilová

* 1941

Hidden people, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Bohuslav Koutecký

Ing. Bohuslav Koutecký

* 1951

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 1 more anniversaries

Jarmila Francová (Koutná)

Jarmila Koutná

* 1931

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Mrs Koutná during the war

Markéta Koutná

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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 and 7 more anniversaries

Milan Koutný, helicopter pilot

Ing. Milan Koutný

* 1969

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka

Pavla Kováčová with her daughter, 1940s

Pavla Kováčová

* 1913 †︎ 2013

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities, Holocaust, The Partisan and 5 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Kovalčuk

Bohuslav Kovalčuk

* 1924 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

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

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