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Zdenka Kratochvílová, 2017

Zdeňka Kratochvílová

* 1936 †︎ 2024

A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Kraus's high school graduation photo, 1969

Jaroslav Kraus

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Bohuslav Kraus

* 1955

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Eduard Kraus´s graduation photo, Karlovy Vary in 1955

Eduard Kraus

* 1935

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Leaving exam Gymnazium photo

Mgr. František Kraus

* 1927 †︎ 2021

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Kraus in uniform, Ružomberok in 1960

MUDr. Jaroslav Kraus

* 1935

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

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Kraus, circa 1954

Ing. arch. Jiří Kraus

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

The actor Josef Kraus

Josef Kraus

* 1941

Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Kraus, photo from his graduating class poster

Zdeněk Kraus

* 1933 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Dagmar Krausová as a child

Bachelor Dagmar Krausová

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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