Witnesses starting with letter K

Jan Josef Kohl with the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Jan Josef Kohl

* 1928 †︎ 2013

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Eduard Köhler

Eduard Köhler

* 1930 †︎ 2022

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Emanuela Köhler in 1942

Emanuela Köhler

* 1924

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

With huge "bells" on his pants in the Canadian city of Moncton (province of New Brunswick), 1978

Jan Köhler

* 1950

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Border Guards, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 2 more categories

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

Portrait of Hedvika Köhlerová. 1943

Hedvika Köhlerová

* 1924 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Nobility, Sokol

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Naďa Köhlerová, 1984

Mgr. Naďa Köhlerová

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, People helping Jews during WWII, Hidden people, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Marie Vychytilová, married Kohli. 1964

Marie Kohli

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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František Kohlíček

* 1914 †︎ 2007

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Kohlíková Nina po válce.jpg (historic)

Antonie (Nina) Kohlíková

* 1924

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Leo Kohn in 1945

Leo Kohn

* 1924

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, Holocaust, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

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