Witnesses starting with letter K

Period portrait photography

Miroslav Kalaš

* 1933

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 8 more anniversaries

Petr Jan Kalaš, Prague, 2024

Ing. Petr Jan Kalaš

* 1940

Diplomat, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

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

300px-Jahangir_Agha.jpg (historic)

Surik agha Kalashyan

* 1936

Armenia, Dashnaks (Armenian revolutionary federation), Yezidis

Josef Kalbáč during compulsory military service in 1961

Ing. Josef Kalbáč

* 1940

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer, Official in JZD, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 5 more anniversaries

Tkalcovský potrait former.jpg (historic)

Josef Kalcovský

* 1919 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Czech minority in the former USSR, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Repatriated

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

As a grammar school graduate

Hannelore Kalenská

* 1943

National minorities, 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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Zdeněk Kohn shortly before the transport to the concentration camp, 1941

Zdeněk Kalenský

* 1935

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people, Life along the Iron Curtain

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Adolf Kaleta at the time when he fought at Dunkerque

Colonel (ret.) Adolf Kaleta

* 1925 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Kaliba, 2015

Jan Kaliba

* 1944

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

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

Miloslava (vlevo) se sestrou 1946 - ořez.jpg (historic)

Miloslava Kalibová

* 1922 †︎ 2019

The Women of Lidice, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Statistics: 19788 Witnesses the Database; 11105 Witness Stories; 20582 Registered Researchers; 165199 Photos; 66212 Clips