8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

8. 5. 1945

The witness in the middle, with sister Růžena (left), Marie Benešová (right) and Stanislav Vaňous (bottom), Litomyšl, 1939

Milada Kocourková

* 1930

Communist official, People helping Jews during WWII, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milan Kodejš, 2024

Milan Kodejš

* 1933

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Artists and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

The witness with a picture of President Masaryk, who played an interesting role in his father's story

Václav Kodytek

* 1953

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miloslav Kofroň

Miloslav Kofroň

* 1920 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Erazim Kohák at the Boy Scouts camp of the Group 118 Praha in summer 1945

Professor Erazim Kohák

* 1933 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Emanuela Köhler in 1942

Emanuela Köhler

* 1924

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jindřiška Kohoutková when she was 40 years old

Jindřiška Kohoutková

* 1926 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Kolaja

Jan Kolaja

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 2 more anniversaries

dobová fotka

Marie Kolářová

* 1927 †︎ 2022

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Graduation photo of Natalija Kolářová, then Tomášková

Natalija Kolářová

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 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

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