Historian

Jiří Jícha - soldier of basic service - in uniform of the Border Guard in 1979

Major Jiří Jícha

* 1957

Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain, Historian and 1 more categories

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

Jaroslav Jiskra, 1968

Jaroslav Jiskra

* 1952

Historian, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Just in 1951

Professor Vladimír Just

* 1946

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Historian

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rudolf during graduation in 1943

Rudolf Kadeřábek

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Historian, Journalist, Writer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vladimír Kaiser, standing right, greets a group of archive science students in Kadaň with a colleague, both wearing theatre costumes, 1981

PhDr. Vladimír Kaiser

* 1954

Historian, Politician, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Kaplan in 2018

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Karel Kaplan

* 1928 †︎ 2023

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Historian, Communist official, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Roman Karpaš, 1989

Mgr. Roman Karpaš

* 1951

Historian, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

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

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, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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 Klíma, 1973

Doc. Jan Klíma

* 1943

Diplomat, Scientist, Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ruth Goldbergerová, 1959

Ruth Landau, roz. Goldbergerová

* 1946

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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