Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Libuše Kratochvílová in her youth

Libuše Kratochvílová

* 1936

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

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

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Marie Kratochvílová

* 1933

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Forced labour during the WW2, Czech minority in the former USSR, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 2 more categories

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

Zdenka Kratochvílová, 2017

Zdeňka Kratochvílová

* 1936 †︎ 2024

A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Kratoska Jiri-dobove foto.jpg (historic)

Jiří Krátoška

* 1930 †︎ 2015

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eduard Kraus´s graduation photo, Karlovy Vary in 1955

Eduard Kraus

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Leaving exam Gymnazium photo

Mgr. František Kraus

* 1927 †︎ 2021

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, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Kraus in uniform, Ružomberok in 1960

MUDr. Jaroslav Kraus

* 1935

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

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

The actor Josef Kraus

Josef Kraus

* 1941

Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Rosemarie as a child

Rosemarie Kraus

* 1941

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Relatives of important personalities, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

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

Dita Polachová, 1942

Dita Krausová

* 1929 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 5 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

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