17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

A photograph of a high school graduate Jaroslav Kubínek

Jaroslav Kubínek

* 1940

Communist official

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

Lidmila Kubinová at the age of seventeen

Mgr. Lidmila Kubinová

* 1939

Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

A photo from a military book, circa 1948

Josef Kubiš

* 1925 †︎ 1925

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Žižkov, 1971

Přemysl Kubišta

* 1955

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Kubizňák in 1975

Ladislav Kubizňák

* 1949

Diplomat, Agent Vojenské kontrarozvědky, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky, Communist official, Journalist

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

Wedding photo of Jan and Julie Kubkovi, Jaroměř 2nd September 1944

Dr. Jan Kubka

* 1920 †︎ 2020

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Kubný / mid 60s

Josef Kubný

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martin Kučera after graduation in 1986

Martin Kučera

* 1968

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Tomáš Kučera in 1970 before the World Ski Championships in the High Tatras

Tomáš Kučera

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Jiří Kučera, a photo for ID card, 1963

Mgr. Jiří Kučera

* 1948

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The underground

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

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