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Bronisław Kamiński in August 2022

Bronisław Kamiński

* 1936

Poles in Regained Lands, 1945 - 1956, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands), Witness of local events from the Communist era, Poland

1940 Katyn massacre, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands"

Rajisa Kamlerová with her cousin, last day in Volhynia before leaving for Czechoslovakia, 1947

Rajisa Kamlerová

* 1937

The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jozef Kamrla in 1960s

Jozef Kamrla

* 1935

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Eva with daughter

Eva Kamrlová, rod. Čekanová

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Graduate of Baťa's school of work

Jindřich Káňa

* 1923

Bata school Graduate, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Michal Kaňa as a young man

Michal Kaňa

* 1953

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical and 10 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Kaňák in 1969

Ing. Jan Kaňák

* 1953

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

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

Štěpán Kaňák / around 1964

Štěpán Kaňák

* 1934

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Kandráč, around 2010

Jan Kandráč

* 1976

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Gypsies / Roma

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Kaněrová in 1943. First Holy Communion

Jana Kaněrová

* 1934

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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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