Dissident

Communism

Jan Kavan pictured on his British passport in the 1980s

Jan Kavan

* 1946

Diplomat, Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The relative of a political prisoner, A secret police collaborator and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 8 more anniversaries

Ondrej Kizek (1947) - photo from college

Ondrej Kizek

* 1926

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Twelve-year-old Ivan Klíma

Mgr. Ivan Klíma

* 1931

Dissident, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Journalist, Art and censorship

27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt

František Klišík in 2023

František Klišík

* 1963

Human Rights Defender, Dissident, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 2 more anniversaries

Ewa Klosova 1989

Ewa Klosová

* 1953

Dissident, National minorities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

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Milan Knížák

* 1940

Dissident, A cultural celebrity, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

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Michael Kocáb

* 1954

Diplomat, Dissident, Politician, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

Helena Koenigsmark at the time of her graduation, 1972

Helena Koenigsmarková

* 1947

The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Dissident, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Pavel Kohout

Pavel Kohout

* 1928

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Martin Konečný

* 1964

The relative of a political prisoner, Dissident, Holocaust

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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