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Crossing the border at Dukla - in the foreground a flag bearer Vladimír Kunášek / Source: archive of Václav Širc

Vladimír Kunášek

* 1923 †︎ 2006

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 6 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín and 1 more anniversaries

Dušan Kunčík during his studies at the military high school in Opava, 1975

Ing., Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Dušan Kunčík

* 1959

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

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Ilja Kuneš in 2023

Ilja Kuneš

* 1956

Human Rights Defender, Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 6 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Michal Kurach

* 1917 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev

Olga Kurfürstová in 1947

Olga Kurfürstová

* 1927

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Adolf Kůrka when drafted to the wehrmacht

Adolf Kůrka

* 1926

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 20. 6. - 29. 8. 1944 - Operation Bagration, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Kuruc in the Red Army-1945

Jan Kuruc

* 1926 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Red Army soldier

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Witness Julius Kusy on his wedding photograph

Július Kusý

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaromír Kutek

* 1923 †︎ 2012

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 4 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

Josef Kuthan, 2022

Josef Kuthan

* 1955

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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