Witnesses starting with letter K

Portrait of History

Ludmila Kalousová

* 1923 †︎ 2020

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Zlata Kalousová, 1946

Zlata Kalousová

* 1940

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Kalus

Pavel Kalus

* 1958

Relatives of important personalities, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Helena Kalusová (née Šobotová)

Helena Kalusová

* 1948

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Kaluža

Private First Class Josef Kaluža

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier, People helping Jews during WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Karel Kalvach

Karel Kalvach

* 1924 †︎ 2014

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical and 1 more categories

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

Eye Direct

Věra Kalvachová

* 1928 †︎ unknown

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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jan Kalvoda in 2019

Mgr. Jan Kalvoda

* 1953

Lawyer, Politician

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

Pavol Kama - 1948

Ezechiel (Pavol) Kama (Kálmán)

* 1929

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Miriam Kama, formerly Božena Langová 1957

Miriam Kama roz. Langová

* 1938

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 1 more anniversaries

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