Witnesses starting with letter K

Jaroslav Kopáček in 1947

Professor, Ing., CSc. Jaroslav Kopáček

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Kopačínský

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Viktor Kopačka

* 1955

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Kopalová 1958

Věra Kopalová

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin

portrait of Božena Kopcová, after 1945

Božena Kopcová

* 1920 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Kopeček in his youth

Ing. Jan Kopeček

* 1934 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eva Kopecká

Eva Kopecká

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Helena Kopecká in 2022

RNDr., CSc. Helena Kopecká

* 1931 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Czech community in the US, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 3 more anniversaries

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Milada Anna Kopecká

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Ruth Kopecká

Ruth Kopecká

* 1949

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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