Witnesses starting with letter K

Milan Kunc after graduation in 1963

Milan Kunc

* 1944

Italy, Germany, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Vladimír Kunc in August 2019

Vladimír Kunc

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dušan Kunčík during his studies at the military high school in Opava, 1975

Ing., Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Dušan Kunčík

* 1959

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Milan Kunčík in Zdětín, August 2024

Milan Kunčík

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Vojtěch Kunčík as a producer at the Gottwaldov Film Studios (cutout)

Vojtěch Kunčík

* 1935 †︎ 2025

Artists

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Libuše Kunčíková during recording for Memory of Nations, Zdětín, August 2024

Libuše Kunčíková

* 1934

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

six years old

Jana Kuncířová

* 1937

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Kundera, as an actor

Josef Kundera

* 1960

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ilja Kuneš in 2023

Ilja Kuneš

* 1956

Human Rights Defender, Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 6 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

At military service in Lešany (near Prague), 1962

Pavel Kuneš

* 1937

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical, Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

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