Witnesses starting with letter K

Leaving exam Gymnazium photo

Mgr. František Kraus

* 1927 †︎ 2021

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Fritz Kraus

Friedrich Kraus

* 1933

Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Contemporary portrait

Jaroslav Kraus

* 1922 †︎ 2020

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Jaroslav Kraus's high school graduation photo, 1969

Jaroslav Kraus

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jaroslav Kraus in uniform, Ružomberok in 1960

MUDr. Jaroslav Kraus

* 1935

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

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Kraus, circa 1954

Ing. arch. Jiří Kraus

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

The actor Josef Kraus

Josef Kraus

* 1941

Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Ognjen Kraus in 2022

Ognjen Kraus

* 1945

Rosemarie as a child

Rosemarie Kraus

* 1941

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Relatives of important personalities, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Kraus with his parents at Jarmilina skála

JUDr. Tomáš Kraus

* 1954

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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