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

21. 8. 1968

Zdeněk Komárek 1947

Zdeněk Komárek

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karel Komers in his youth

Karel Komers

* 1938

Holocaust, Border Guards, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 22 May 1946 - Trial with K. H. Frank, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 2 more anniversaries

Štefan Kondás in the military, 1953

Štefan Kondáš

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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 1 more anniversaries

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

Hana Konečná

Hana Konečná

* 1943

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Irena Konečná in 2019

Irena Konečná

* 1945

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Period portrait of Antonín Konečný

Antonín Konečný

* 1959

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A graduation photo of Helena Koníčková

Helena Koníčková

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Roman Koniecki in his youth

Roman Koniecki

* 1937

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

1940 Katyn massacre, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Student Years

Ivana Königsmarková

* 1953

Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

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