Witnesses starting with letter K

A photo from a military book, circa 1948

Josef Kubiš

* 1925 †︎ 1925

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Alžběta Kubišová -1958

Alžběta Kubišová

* 1928 †︎ unknown

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Žižkov, 1971

Přemysl Kubišta

* 1955

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

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

Rostislav Kubišta

Rostislav Kubišta

* 1923 †︎ 2014

People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, The Partisan, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance and 4 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Wedding photo of Jan and Julie Kubkovi, Jaroměř 2nd September 1944

Dr. Jan Kubka

* 1920 †︎ 2020

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 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

Mrs Kubrychtová as a young woman

Jarmila Kubrychtová

* 1925

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Children of Svatobořice, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

Karel Kuc in 1942

ThDr. Karel Kuc

* 1939

The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Jan Kucera - after the school-leaving exams

Professor, Ing., CSc. Jan Kučera

* 1946

The relative of a political prisoner, The Children of Lidice, The Women of Lidice, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice

Jiří Kučera, a photo for ID card, 1963

Mgr. Jiří Kučera

* 1948

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground

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, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Joe Kucera in London in the 1970s

Josef Kučera

* 1943

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

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