Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Marie Kurková in 1942

Marie Kurková

* 1937

A warder in a communist prison, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Michal Kurucar in army service (1957)

Michal Kurucár

* 1934

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Josef Kůs as a young man

Josef Kůs

* 1938 †︎ 2025

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jiří Kutal, 1989

Ing. Jiří Kutal

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Kutek

* 1923 †︎ 2012

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 4 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

Josef Kuthan, 2022

Josef Kuthan

* 1955

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Young Ingeborg Kutinová, 1950s

Ingeborg Kutinová

* 1930

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Kutláková Jiřina - graduation photo 1957

Mgr. Jiřina Kutláková

* 1939

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Marie Kuttelwascherová, 1940s

Marie Kuttelwascherová

* 1921

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia and 1 more anniversaries

Jindřiška Kuželová

Jindřiška Kuželová

* 1932

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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