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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Petr Kopecký

Petr Kopecký

* 1970

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Politician

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Portrait, 2018

Vladimír Kopecký

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Historical photo

Professor Marek Kopelent

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Roman Kopřiva

Colonel (Ret.), Ing. Roman Kopřiva Ph.D.

* 1964

Diplomat, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Josef Kordík in the seminary (Saints Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology)

Pater Josef Kordík

* 1948

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical and 4 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Old portrait

Věra Kordíková

* 1933

Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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

Eva Kordová's secondary school graduation photograph. 1970

Eva Kordová

* 1951

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Radio Free Europe, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Wedding photo, with husband Miroslav, 1960s

Květa Korečková

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Božena Koreňová in her youth

Božena Koreňová

* 1931

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Pavel Kořínek with his sister Hana and father Otto Kořínek in Ústí nad Orlicí in 1948. Three years later, the father ended up as a political prisoner in a communist prison.

MUDr. Pavel Kořínek

* 1943

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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