Witnesses starting with letter K

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

Zdenka Kopecká, 18 years old, 1951

MUDr. Zdenka Kopecká

* 1933

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Eva Kopecká before deportation

Eva Kopecká roz. Kaudersová

* 1926

Holocaust, Theresienstadt Ghetto

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Jarmila Kopečková in 2021

Mgr. Jarmila Kopečková

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ruth Kopeckova 2017

Ruth Kopečková

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Contemporary photo of Aleš Kopecký from his childhood

Ing. Aleš Kopecký

* 1956

Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Čestmír Kopecký, November 2023

Čestmír Kopecký

* 1952

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

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Kopecký

František Kopecký

* 1947

Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Milan Kopecký in 1966

RNDr., CSc. Doc. Milan Kopecký

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Memory of vanished settlements

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Kopecký

Petr Kopecký

* 1970

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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