Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Herbert Kisza in the forest near Podobora

Herbert Kisza

* 1943

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Art and censorship, Artists, 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

Ondrej Kizek (1947) - photo from college

Ondrej Kizek

* 1926

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Julie Klačková

Julie Klačková

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Germany, Forced labour during the WW2, Repatriated, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Annelies Klapetková, 1964

Annelies Klapetková

* 1943

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslava in her childhood

Jaroslava Klápšťová

* 1945

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Contemporary photography

Michal Klasa

* 1953

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Ladislava Klásková in ca. 1955

Ladislava Klásková

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, The liberation of the city of Ostrava and 1 more anniversaries

Alena Kleckerová (Špickova) in her youth

Alena Kleckerová

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Pavel Klein

Pavel Klein

* 1956

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ing. Adolf Klein

* 1934

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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