Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Judith Marosi, Bat micva, 1941

Judith Königsberg, roz. Marosi

* 1929

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 4 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Antonín Konrády as a young piper

Antonín Konrády

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 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

Jaroslav Konvalina, around 1955

Ing. Jaroslav Konvalina

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Profiteers

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Konvalinka in Prague, 1956

František Konvalinka

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

František Konvička (left) in the first league match with Sparta Prague, 1967

František Konvička

* 1938

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Halyna Kopač, April 23, 2014

Halyna Kopač

* 1936

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Memory of vanished settlements, Poles in the USSR 1945 - 1956 and 4 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 23. 4. 1943 - Vypálení Janovy Doliny and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Kopáček in 1947

Professor, Ing., CSc. Jaroslav Kopáček

* 1931

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

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

portrait of Božena Kopcová, after 1945

Božena Kopcová

* 1920 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Kopeček in his youth

Ing. Jan Kopeček

* 1934 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eva Kopecká

Eva Kopecká

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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