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

Portrait, 2018

Vladimír Kokolia

* 1956

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

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

Josef Kokta at the military service in 1966

Josef Kokta

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

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

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Ruža Kolaček

* 1956

National minorities, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czech minority in the Serbia

24. 3. – 10. 6. 1999 - NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

Milada Ester Koláčková

* 1947

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

Jan Kolaja

Jan Kolaja

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 2 more anniversaries

Emanuel Kolajta, the first days of service in the army in 1945

Ing. Emanuel Kolajta

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, Fights with Bandera's forces, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

A photo from 1987

Ing. Milan Kolář

* 1953

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Petr Kolář in 1998

PhDr. Petr Kolář

* 1962

Diplomat, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Radim Kolář, 2024

Radim Kolář

* 1956

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

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Rudolf Kolář in 1954

Rudolf Kolář

* 1947

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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