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

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

Marie Kirchnerová, 1950s

Marie Kirchnerová

* 1931

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

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

Markéta Kirchnerová (Macková) in her childhood

Markéta Kirchnerová

* 1939

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Herbert Kisza in the forest near Podobora

Herbert Kisza

* 1943

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Art and censorship, Artists, 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

Ondrej Kizek (1947) - photo from college

Ondrej Kizek

* 1926

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 3 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

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