Witnesses starting with letter K

František Kostelanský in 1949

doc. Ing.,CSc. František Kostelanský

* 1931

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Josef Kostelecký in his youth

Ing. Josef Kostelecký

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Miner work

Božetěch Kostelka

* 1931

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Member of Orel

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Gerhold Kostelnik, 1968

Gerhold Kostelník

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Vilibald Kostelník, Hlučín, October 1972

Vilibald Kostelník

* 1940 †︎ 2024

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Witness Astrid Kostelníková during eyd recording in 2022

PhDr. Astrid Kostelníková

* 1943

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Nobility, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

family photo of Kostelni family - from left to right: 3rd row: Anna (from Kostelni house, the narrator's sister), her husband - Dmytro Kish, sister Mariya Kostelna; 2nd row: neighbor, Mykhailo - father of the respondent, respondent, mother Kateryna (from Dembitski house), son of Hanna and Dmytro sitting in her arms; 3rd row - sister Ivanna Kostelna. Yuzhnaya mine, Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo region

Bohdan Kostelnyi Богдан Костельний

* 1945

Ukraine, Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine

Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950

Stanislav Kostiha (middle) with his adoptive mother Blažena Kostihová (right) and his biological mother Hedvika Hanzelková, 1941

Stanislav Kostiha

* 1939

Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Clergymen, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Likvidace starého Mostu, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Božena Kostihová, Ústí nad Labem, June 2023

Božena Kostihová

* 1942

Vicar without State agreement, 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. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Anton Stepanovič Kostjuk in Magadan in 1956

Anton Stepanovič Kostjuk

* 1929

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Victim of forced relocation, Repatriated and 7 more categories

Ukrainian youth organizations in Poland 1920-1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 5 more anniversaries

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