Witnesses starting with letter K

On basic military service, 1954

Ing. František Křížek

* 1932

Life along the Iron Curtain

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Křížek at the hop brigade in 1964, when he finished primary school

Jaroslav Křížek

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

Leonid Křížek (1965)

Leonid Křížek

* 1947

Anti-communist rebel, Emigrants from Russia, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia

pětadvacetiletá Jiřina Křížková.jpg (historic)

MUDr. Jiřina Křížková

* 1925

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

year 1962 - photos from the student ID card of the faculty of arts at Charles University

PhDr. Marie Rút Křížková

* 1936 †︎ 2020

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Růžena Křížková in 1943

Růžena Křížková

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josip Križmanić

Josip Križmanić

* 1926

National minorities, The Partisan, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Croatia

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Helena Křížová (Hackenberg) in Jihlava

Helena Křížová

* 1928 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Memory of vanished settlements

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Marie Křížová in 1947

Marie Křížová

* 1926

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Marta Křížová as a child (second half of 1940s)

Marta Křížová

* 1939

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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