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

Witness with his first Spanish guitar

Jan Kryl

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relatives of important personalities, Radio Free Europe

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 3. 3. 1994 - Karel Kryl's death

Petr Krynsky in 1980

Mgr. ThDr. Petr Krynský

* 1945

Clergymen, Ukraine, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Zdeněk Kryštof playing the piano

Zdeněk Kryštof

* 1944

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Krystyníková, nee. Bartošková, 1956

Ludmila Krystyníková

* 1940

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Miloš Krýže in his wedding photograph

Ing. Miloš Krýže

* 1941

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Marie Kselíková

Ing. Marie Kselíková

* 1932

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eugenie Kubalíková in the 1960s

Eugenie Kubalíková

* 1935

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Victim of forced relocation

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

Vlasta Kubalová, 2023

Vlasta Kubalová

* 1945

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

Vladimír Kubanka during EYD recording

Vladimír Kubanka

* 1958

Sexual minorities, 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

Jaroslav Kubát in 2025

Jaroslav Kubát

* 1957

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

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