Witnesses starting with letter K

Jan Kasal in 2024

Mgr. Ing. Jan Kasal

* 1951

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Josef Kaše (1970s)

Josef Kaše

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Kaše in his youth

Ing. Josef Kaše

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Kášek in 1969 after his release from prison

Václav Kášek

* 1943

Political prisoner, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anton Kašička as a soldier military service

Anton Kašička

* 1935

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 8 more anniversaries

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Antonín Kasík

* 1918

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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JUDr. Stanislav Kaska

* 1919

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Jiří Kašlík at the military service, 1968, Tři Sekery near Mariánské Lázně

Jiří Kašlík

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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Břetislav Kašpar

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, The Partisan, Relative of a political prisoner

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

PhDr. Ivan Kaspar

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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