Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Secondary school graduation photo, 1953

Marie Krásová

* 1934

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Krátký as a young man

Ing. Josef Krátký

* 1920 †︎ unknown

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Ladislav Kratochvil

Ladislav Kratochvíl

* 1931

Victim of forced relocation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

AMGP6050.JPG (historic)

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

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