Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation | Memory of Nations

At young age (1970s)

Doc. Ing. Ladislav Kmetík

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Knespl 2019

Petr Knespl

* 1960

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

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

Miloslava Knobová at Hrubá Skála in summer 1954

Miloslava Knobová

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Farmer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

The witness with a picture of President Masaryk, who played an interesting role in his father's story

Václav Kodytek

* 1953

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Lucie Kohoutková

Lucie Kohoutková

* 1929

Sudeten Germans, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Rudolf Kolář in 1954

Rudolf Kolář

* 1947

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Vladimír Kolář in 1956

Vladimír Kolář

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Memory of vanished settlements

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Marie Kolářová

* 1922 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miloslav Koller February 18, 2025

Miloslav Koller

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

1938: before the war in festive costume from his native village

Růžena Komosná

* 1920 †︎ 2020

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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