Witnesses starting with letter K

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

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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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Bohumil Kolář

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Hidden people and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

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Milan Kolář

* 1933 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Life along the Iron Curtain

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

A photo from 1987

Ing. Milan Kolář

* 1953

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Petr Kolář in 1968

Petr Kolář

* 1941 †︎ 2023

Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Friars, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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