17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland

17. 9. 1939

Thomas Kolsky in New Jersey, where the Kolsky family lived after moving from Israel, 1961

Thomas Kolsky , Ph.D.

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Emile Konečná

Emilie Konečná

* 1933 †︎ 2018

Czech minority in the former USSR, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

Sima Dmytrivna Kordunova (en)

Sima Dmytrivna Kordunova

* 1931

The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukraine

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Kovář in Letná, Prague 1945

Major (ret.) Josef Kovář

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries

Jan Kruml during the meeting with the mayors representing villages that suceeded in the Village of the Year competition, 6 June 1996, Prague Castle

Ing. Jan Kruml

* 1935

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Václav Kuchynka 1945

Václav Kuchynka

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Czech minority in the former USSR, Holocaust, Participant in antifascist resistance, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Kulich

Captain (ret.) Josef Kulich

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Repatriated, Participant in antifascist resistance, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 3 more categories

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 6 more anniversaries

Crossing the border at Dukla - in the foreground a flag bearer Vladimír Kunášek / Source: archive of Václav Širc

Vladimír Kunášek

* 1923 †︎ 2006

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 6 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín and 1 more anniversaries

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

Emilie Kuzněcov

Emilie Kuzněcov, roz. Maková

* 1928

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukraine

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia

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