Art and censorship

Period portrait of the witness, cca 1999

PhDr. Eva Kosáková

* 1952

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Charter 77 signatory and 4 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Inge, end of 70s

Inge Kosková

* 1940

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Stanislav Kostiha (middle) with his adoptive mother Blažena Kostihová (right) and his biological mother Hedvika Hanzelková, 1941

Stanislav Kostiha

* 1939

Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Clergymen, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Likvidace starého Mostu, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Kostúr

Jiří Kostúr

* 1942 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 3 more categories

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Eva Koudelková, the late 1960s

Eva Koudelková Ph.D.

* 1949

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A portrait no. 2, Vladimír Kouřil, 2019

Vladimír Kouřil

* 1944

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

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

Zdeněk Kousal in 2019

Zdeněk Kousal

* 1960

Dissident, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground, 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, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

IMG_20171027_0001 (1).jpg (historic)

Josef Kovalčuk

* 1948 †︎ 2018

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anežka Kovalová

* 1949

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Artists

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

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