Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Anastazie Koprivová in 1960s

Mgr. Anastazie Kopřivová, roz. Vukolová

* 1936

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

František Koraba

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Pavel Korábek, circa 1943

Pavel Korábek

* 1942

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A secret police agent

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karel Koranda in 2021

Karel Koranda

* 1931

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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Anina Korati, roz. Vohryzková

* 1921 †︎ 2016

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Sima Dmytrivna Kordunova (en)

Sima Dmytrivna Kordunova

* 1931

The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukraine

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 3 more anniversaries

MUDr. Jiří Koref: "Twenty-three relatives left in the transport to Terezín"

MUDr. Jiří Koref

* 1932 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt and 5 more anniversaries

Božena Koreňová in her youth

Božena Koreňová

* 1931

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Jana Dušková during her studies in Havlíčkův Brod, 1950s

Jana Kořínková

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 1 more anniversaries

Cecilie Kornerová / 2023

Cecilie Kornerová

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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