19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

19. 6. 1948-27. 6. 1948

Jiri Kubousek, 1951

Ing. Jiří Kuboušek

* 1933

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

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Květuše Kučerová in her youth

Květuše Kučerová

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

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

Miloš Kvapil

Miloš Kvapil

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Lávička, 2024

Ing. Jiří Lávička

* 1940

Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alois Láznička, contemporary photo

Ing. Alois Láznička

* 1936

Boy Scouts, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Miroslav Lebduška in the theatre performance Cyrano of Bergerac, 1960

Miroslav Lebduška

* 1944

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Jiří Lejsek in 1955

Jiří Lejsek

* 1937

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 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

Adolf Lick in 1957

MUDr. Adolf Lick

* 1930

Communist official, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Contemporary photo

Blanka Luňáková

* 1924 †︎ 2012

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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