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

Lenka Karfíková - photo taken for AD magazine, 2003

Professor, Dr. Lenka Karfíková

* 1963

Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Konstantin Karger

Konstantin Karger

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Member of Orel, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Karika aged five in the garden of the Na Rychtě mansion in Ústí nad Labem

Private Karel Karika

* 1960

National minorities, Politician, Gypsies / Roma, 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

Miroslav Karmazin-Pin

Miroslav Karmazin

* 1934

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Petr Karmazín in 2021

Petr Karmazín

* 1949

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Kamila Karnikova

Kamila Karníková

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Darina Kárová

* 1951

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

28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Roman Karpaš, 1989

Mgr. Roman Karpaš

* 1951

Historian, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

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

Eva Karvašová, as a 12-year-old, helped the partisans, fed their horses. Year 1944, locality - Železnô.

Eva Karvašová

* 1932

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

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Jan Kasal in 18 year

Jan Kasal

* 1923 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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