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Eva Kopecká

Eva Kopecká

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Helena Kopecká in 2022

RNDr., CSc. Helena Kopecká

* 1931 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Czech community in the US, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

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Milada Anna Kopecká

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Ruth Kopecká

Ruth Kopecká

* 1949

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Zdenka Kopecká, 18 years old, 1951

MUDr. Zdenka Kopecká

* 1933

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Jarmila Kopečková in 2021

Mgr. Jarmila Kopečková

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Kopecký in 1966

RNDr., CSc. Doc. Milan Kopecký

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

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

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