21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

21. 8. 1968

In Perugia, Italy, 1969

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Jiří T. Kotalík

* 1951 †︎ 2020

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Kotek during the shooting

Ing. Jiří Kotek

* 1957

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Politician, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Josef Kotík with his wife, the wedding photo

Josef Kotík

* 1945

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

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions and 1 more anniversaries

Charlotta Pocheová in 1962 in Nové Město nad Metují

Charlotta Kotíková

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 1 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Zdenka Kotková in 1945

Ing. Zdenka Kotková

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslava Kotlabová, née Rettingerová, as a teacher in 1952

Jaroslava Kotlabová

* 1932

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Kotlabová née Navrátilová

Ludmila Kotlabová

* 1932

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Hidden people and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Kotlový in 1942

Jiří Kotlový

* 1927 †︎ 2024

Bata school Graduate, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Iva Kotrlá, youth

Iva Kotrlá

* 1947

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslava Koubková during the filming

Jaroslava Koubková

* 1922

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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