Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Naděžda Kantová in 2025

Naděžda Kantová

* 1940

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

With her husband

Helena Karafová

* 1922

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Portrait of Arnošt Karas in 1949

Ing. Arnošt Karas

* 1924 †︎ 2020

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Karásek

Jaromír Karásek

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Karásek in 2023

Mgr. Josef Karásek

* 1944

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Oldřich Karásek during a shooting for Memory of Nations, Zlín, 2022

Oldřich Karásek

* 1933 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Writer and 3 more categories

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

František Karel

František Karel

* 1934 †︎ 2024

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Konstantin Karger

Konstantin Karger

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Member of Orel, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Karika aged five in the garden of the Na Rychtě mansion in Ústí nad Labem

Private Karel Karika

* 1960

National minorities, Politician, Gypsies / Roma, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

During the high school-leaving exam, 1956

Petr Karlík

* 1938

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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