Witnesses starting with letter K

Kristina Kortišová, second half of the 1960s

Kristina Kortišová

* 1951

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

As a bridesmaid at her sister's wedding

Jindřiška Koryčanská

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Koryčanský in 2020

Zdeněk Koryčanský

* 1940

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Bohumil Kos in the begining WWII

Bohumil Kos

* 1923 †︎ 2015

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Secondary school graduation photo, 1969

Mgr. Radomír Kos

* 1948

Journalist, Bata school Graduate, Repatriated, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Petr Košacký, 1978

Ing. Petr Košacký

* 1945

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Josef Kosák in Malá Fatra mountains, 1970

Josef Kosák

* 1942

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Period portrait of the witness, cca 1999

PhDr. Eva Kosáková

* 1952

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Charter 77 signatory and 4 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Ivan Kosenko

Ivan Kosenko

* 1941 †︎ 2020

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia

Světluše Košíčková in the 90s

ThDr. Světluše Košíčková

* 1951

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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