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

Petr Kozánek in contemporary photograph

Petr Kozánek

* 1949

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Kozel, around 1960

Ing. Jiří Kozel

* 1929

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Bohumil Kožela in the season 1965 -1966

Bohumil Kožela

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Kozisek, 90s

Karel Kožíšek

* 1942

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Memory of vanished settlements

Emilie Kozubíková in the latter half of the 1950s

Emilie Kozubíková

* 1940

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

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Kozubíková

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Václav Kožušník worked as a lighting electrician

Mgr. Václav Kožušník

* 1945

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

March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 4 more anniversaries

Period photograph of Jiří Kráčalík from the Czechoslovak People’s Army Championship in downhill skiing, winter 1974

Jiří Kráčalík

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Martin Krajčovič

Martin Krajčovič

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Contemporary picture

František Krajíček

* 1929 †︎ 2019

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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