Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Nadpraporčík v.v. Vladislav Klečka

* 1922 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Wehrmacht soldier, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alena Kleckerová (Špickova) in her youth

Alena Kleckerová

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ing. Adolf Klein

* 1934

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Kaděrová (Kleinová). 1952

Ludmila Kleinová

* 1935

Memory of vanished settlements, The Sportsmen, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Kleker

Jiří Kleker

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Klem, historical photography

Josef Klem

* 1943

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

dobová fotka portrét.jpg (historic)

Master of Fine Arts Mario Klemens

* 1936 †︎ 2025

A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 3 more anniversaries

Günther, aged two, in front of the apple-tree

Günther Klemm

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

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

portrét - zamlada 2.jpg (historic)

Ivo Klempíř

* 1933

Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Pavel Klener

Pavel Klener

* 1937 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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