Illegal border crossing

Photography from the army

Miloš Jakac

* 1933

Croatia, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing

1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

Portrait of Milena, Prague 1942

Milena Janda

* 1935

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in WW2 and 8 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 3 more anniversaries

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

Jůna.jpg (historic)

Ladislav Jůna

* 1930 †︎ 2018

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

A current photo

Arnošt Kafka

* 1938

Illegal border crossing, Déclassé, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Michal Kaňa as a young man

Michal Kaňa

* 1953

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical and 10 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 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, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence and 1 more anniversaries

Historical photography

Stefan Katona

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more categories

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

Oswald Kittel in 2021

Oswald Kittel

* 1929

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

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

brioni, želj zavjesa i frendič 076.JPG (historic)

Lino Kmet

* 1941

Croatia, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

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

Statistics: 18341 Witnesses the Database; 10176 Witness Stories; 19180 Registered Researchers; 152292 Photos; 61872 Clips