Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Josef Kosák in Malá Fatra mountains, 1970

Josef Kosák

* 1942

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

František Kosina during the filming for Memory of Nation, Náměšt' na Hané, 13 August 2023

František Kosina

* 1930 †︎ 2023

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

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Kosinová (en)

Marie Kosinová

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Inge, end of 70s

Inge Kosková

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Marie Košková, 1948

Marie Košková

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

Sempfer Kosolofski, 1946

Sempfer Kosolofski

* 1933

Romania, Germany, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people and 3 more categories

17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Daniel Košt'ál at work in DEZA Valašské Meziříčí in 1967

Ing. Daniel Košťál

* 1938

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

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

Miroslav Košťál aged 12

Miroslav Košťál

* 1932

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

Irena Muchová during her studies at the Business Academy in Jihlava

Ing. Irena Košťálová

* 1930

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Julie Košťálová

* 1939

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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