Witnesses starting with letter K

Editha Kokojanová

Editha Kokojanová

* 1921 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Portrait, 2018

Vladimír Kokolia

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

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

Josef Kokotek

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, western front, Forced labour during the WW2, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area

Josef Kokta at the military service in 1966

Josef Kokta

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

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

Josef Koláček

Josef Koláček

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

1980.jpg (historic)

Rastko Kolaček

* 1956

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Czech minority in the Serbia

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Ruža Kolaček

* 1956

National minorities, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czech minority in the Serbia

24. 3. – 10. 6. 1999 - NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

Milada Ester Koláčková

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Kolaja

Jan Kolaja

* 1937

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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 2 more anniversaries

Emanuel Kolajta, the first days of service in the army in 1945

Ing. Emanuel Kolajta

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, Fights with Bandera's forces, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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