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From the graduation photo board, 1971

Ing. Tomáš Kohout

* 1952

Political prisoner, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milada Kohoutková, Krašovice, 2nd half of the 1970s

Milada Kohoutková

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

30. 3. 1974 - rozehnání koncertu Plastic People a DG 307 v Rudolfově, Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov

Portrait, 2018

Vladimír Kokolia

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Kolmačka

Mgr. Ing. Pavel Kolmačka

* 1962

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Marie Konvalinková in 1989

Marie Konvalinková

* 1969

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Anti-communist rebel, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground and 1 more categories

5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

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Ing. Tomáš Kopřiva

* 1956

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Josef Kordík in the seminary (Saints Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology)

Pater Josef Kordík

* 1948

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical and 5 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

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Jiří Kornatovský

* 1952 †︎ 2025

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jiří Kostúr

Jiří Kostúr

* 1942 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Kousal in 2019

Zdeněk Kousal

* 1960

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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