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

Contemporary photo of Aleš Kopecký from his childhood

Ing. Aleš Kopecký

* 1956

Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Čestmír Kopecký, November 2023

Čestmír Kopecký

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Kopejsková, then Holubová, in the photo from the graduation photo board

Věra Kopejsková

* 1942

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Historical photo

Professor Marek Kopelent

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Adolf Köpf in 1960

Adolf Köpf

* 1938

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miloslav Kopfstein in 1951

Miloslav Kopfstein

* 1935

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Antonín Kopp

Antonín Kopp

* 1932

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Adolf Kopřiva at the age of 33 when he worked as a preacher

Adolf Kopřiva

* 1957

Romania, Czechs from Banat, Representative of the Church, National minorities, Non-Catholic clerical and 2 more categories

16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Antonín Kopřiva in the American Home

Antonín Kopřiva

* 1924 †︎ 2023

People helping Jews during WWII, Forced labour during the WW2, Memory of vanished settlements, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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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

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