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Václav Keprt in 2025

Mgr. Václav Keprt

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Keprtová in her youth

Marie Keprtová

* 1931

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Witness as a graduate of the Teplice Gymnasium, 1982

Ing. Pavel Keřka

* 1964

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

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Antonín Kerner, technician of Stalin's factories in Záluží u Litvínova, 1955

Antonín Kerner

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Anežka Kesslerová in 1954

Anežka Kesslerová

* 1934

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivana Kettnerová as a little girl, 1945

Ivana Kettnerová

* 1951

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lubomír Khýr / around the year 1989

Lubomír Khýr

* 1969

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Eva Sikorová, after marriage Kiedrońová / around 1960

Eva Kiedrońová

* 1941

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

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

František Kinský - chidren's portrait

František Kinský

* 1947

Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé, Politician and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Antonie Kinštová (Sitařová)

Antonie Kinštová

* 1937

Volhynian Czechs, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

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