Witnesses starting with letter K

Alena Koňáková in the 80s

Alena Koňáková

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Tomáš Konc

Tomáš Konc

* 1963

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mikuláš Končický

Mikuláš Končický

* 1925 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Štefan Kondás in the military, 1953

Štefan Kondáš

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Emile Konečná

Emilie Konečná

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Czech minority in the former USSR, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

Hana Konečná

Hana Konečná

* 1943

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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Irena Konečná in 2019

Irena Konečná

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Witness Magdaléna with parents: mother Rozália and father Herman Pessel.

Magdaléna Konečná (Bínovská)

* 1938

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Period portrait of Antonín Konečný

Antonín Konečný

* 1959

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Augustin Konečný in his graduation photograph (1963)

Augustin Konečný

* 1948

Journalist, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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