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Josef Kajnek

Monsignor Josef Kajnek

* 1949

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Radomil Kaláb in 1963

Mons. doc. Ing. Radomil Kaláb , CSc.

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Vladimír Kaláb, 1977

Vladimír Kaláb

* 1950

Political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ľudmila Kalafutová (1980s) - the nuns were forced to put on civilian clothes

Ľudmila Kalafutová

* 1945

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Jan Kalaš, Prague, 2024

Ing. Petr Jan Kalaš

* 1940

Diplomat, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

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

As a grammar school graduate

Hannelore Kalenská

* 1943

National 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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Zdeněk Kohn shortly before the transport to the concentration camp, 1941

Zdeněk Kalenský

* 1935

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people, Life along the Iron Curtain

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Kaliba, 2015

Jan Kaliba

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

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

Ivan Kalina, high school graduation, Pilsen, 1960

Ivan Kalina

* 1942

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 4 more anniversaries

Jan Kalina (en)

Jan Kalina

* 1935

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

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