1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

1. 9. 1939-1. 9. 1939

Cutout from a poor quality photograph from the childhood of Marie Kadeřábková, Volyně, second half of the 1930s.

Marie Kadeřábková

* 1933 †︎ unknown

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Karel Kadlec

Karel Kadlec

* 1916 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Royal Air Force

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain

Jiřina Kadlíková

* 1926

Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Tkalcovský potrait former.jpg (historic)

Josef Kalcovský

* 1919 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Czech minority in the former USSR, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Repatriated

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín

Adolf Kaleta at the time when he fought at Dunkerque

Colonel (ret.) Adolf Kaleta

* 1925 †︎ 2018

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Michal Kalina, 2023

Michal Kalina

* 1943

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 9 more anniversaries

Viera Kalinová

* 1949

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, United States of America, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine and 2 more categories

Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Kaluža

Private First Class Josef Kaluža

* 1923

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier, People helping Jews during WWII, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Alžbeta Kamasová as a young woman

Alžbeta Kamasová

* 1934

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Memory of vanished settlements, The Partisan and 3 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Ivan Kamenský

* 1941

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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