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Kamil Haťapka

* 1932

Politician, A secret police collaborator, The Sportsmen, The topic of security forces before 1989

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Major StB Vratislav Herold in the 1960s

Vratislav Herold

* 1927 †︎ 2010

A secret police collaborator, A warder in a communist prison, Forced labour during the WW2, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Pavel Höchsmann wearing the uniform of the Auxiliary Technical Batallions.

Pavel Höchsmann

* 1927

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Royal Air Force, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Leante Janderová

Leante Janderová

* 1930

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The topic of security forces before 1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Antonín Kachlík as a young man

Antonín Kachlík

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A secret police collaborator, A cultural celebrity, Forced labour during the WW2 and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 1 more anniversaries

Alois Kánský

Alois Kánský

* 1954 †︎ 2008

Representative of the Church, A secret police collaborator, A cultural celebrity, The topic of security forces before 1989

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jan Kašparec in 2020

Jan Kašparec

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Member of an Illegal Church, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ingrid Kejkrtová during the student strike in November 1989

Bachelor Ingrid Kejkrtová

* 1964

Politician, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

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

Milan Klapetek in the military, 1960s

ThMgr. Milan Klapetek

* 1944

Non-Catholic clerical, The topic of security forces before 1989

Karel Köcher

Karel Köcher

* 1934

Holocaust, Czech community in the US, Radio Free Europe, A collaborator of the Soviet secret service, University professor and 1 more categories

1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War, 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

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