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

Josef Kadraba

Josef Kadraba

* 1933 †︎ 2019

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Dimitrij Kadrnožka, 2015

academic painter Dimitrij Kadrnožka

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Wedding photos of Mr. and Mrs. Kafka

Karel Kafka

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ladislav Kafka (1950)

Ladislav Kafka

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Věra in 1954

Věra Kafková

* 1937

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

1976

Petr Kahovec

* 1962

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Kahuda, Prague in the 1980s

Ing. Stanislav Kahuda

* 1942

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

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Drahomíra Kahulová in 2021

Drahomíra Kahulová

* 1926

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Gypsies / Roma, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vladimír Kaiser, standing right, greets a group of archive science students in Kadaň with a colleague, both wearing theatre costumes, 1981

PhDr. Vladimír Kaiser

* 1954

Historian, Politician, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Kajan - photograph from the time of service in PTP departments (1950)

Milan Kajan

* 1930

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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