Witnesses starting with letter K

Miroslava Knížátková in 1957

Miroslava Knížátková

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Knob at the end of his high school studies, 1958

Vladimír Knob

* 1939

Volhynian Czechs, Ukraine, Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner

1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

Miloslava Knobová at Hrubá Skála in summer 1954

Miloslava Knobová

* 1936

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Miroslav Knol

* 1925

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

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

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Blažena Knoppová, rod. Riesová

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Fights with Bandera's forces, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Knorr Miloš at wartimes

Major General (ret.) Miloš Knorr

* 1918 †︎ 2008

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Veteran of WW2, western front

Dagmar Knorrová as a child

Mgr. Ing. Dagmar Knorrová

* 1937

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Victim of forced relocation, Repatriated

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Audrey Knoth visiting Tábor in May 2025

Audrey Knoth

* 1959

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, United States of America

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Sister Bohdana Knotková in 1954

Božena Knotková

* 1931 †︎ 2021

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 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

Irena Knotková

Irena Knotková

* 1923

Boy Scouts

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

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