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Jiří Kupilík in the army

Jiří Kupilík

* 1936

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 5 more anniversaries

Rudolf Kupka

Rudolf Kupka

* 1919 †︎ 2017

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

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

With sister Ludmila, 1968

Ing. Oldřich Kůrečka

* 1950

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

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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Josef Kurek in 1977

Josef Kurek

* 1952

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Olga Kurfürstová in 1947

Olga Kurfürstová

* 1927

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Kůrka, rok 1971

Jan Kůrka

* 1943

Politician, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Michal Kurucar in army service (1957)

Michal Kurucár

* 1934

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Josef Kůs as a young man

Josef Kůs

* 1938 †︎ 2025

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Josef Kusebauch (en)

Josef Kusebauch

* 1964

Politician, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Jiří Kutal, 1989

Ing. Jiří Kutal

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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