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

21. 8. 1968

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Antonín Kasík

* 1918

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Kašlík at the military service, 1968, Tři Sekery near Mariánské Lázně

Jiří Kašlík

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Jiří Kašpar in Vilnius, 1974

JUDr. Jiří Kašpar

* 1953

Lawyer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

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

Oldřich Kašpar in the garden of his family home in the mid-1960s

Professor Oldřich Kašpar

* 1952

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist, University professor

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Kašparec in 2020

Jan Kašparec

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Member of an Illegal Church, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A secret police agent

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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

Antonie Šimková (Kašparová)

Antonie Kašparová

* 1935

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, People helping Jews during WWII, Czech minority in the former USSR, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 6 more anniversaries

Helena Kasperova in the sixties

Helena Kašperová

* 1948 †︎ 2023

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Jiří Kaštánek's graduation photograph, 1958

Jiří Kaštánek

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Kastnerová shortly after the war

Marie Kastnerová

* 1927

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Historical photography

Stefan Katona

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more categories

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

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