Radio Free Europe

Václav Kabourek 1959 USA, army

Václav Kabourek

* 1937

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Radio Free Europe

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Marie Kastnerová shortly after the war

Marie Kastnerová

* 1927 †︎ 2025

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Kejzlar as a boy (in 1939)

Professor Ing. Milan Kejzlar CSc.

* 1928

Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Köcher

Karel Köcher

* 1934

Holocaust, Czech community in the US, Radio Free Europe, A collaborator of the Soviet secret service, University professor and 1 more categories

1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War, 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

Rut Kohnová, 1954

Rut Kohnová

* 1937

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Radio Free Europe and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Ruth Kopecká

Ruth Kopecká

* 1949

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Eva Kordová's secondary school graduation photograph. 1970

Eva Kordová

* 1951

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Kovtun

Jiří Kovtun

* 1927 †︎ 2014

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Radio Free Europe

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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PhDr. Imrich Kružliak

* 1914 †︎ 2019

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Radio Free Europe, A cultural celebrity

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Witness with his first Spanish guitar

Jan Kryl

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relatives of important personalities, Radio Free Europe

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 3. 3. 1994 - Karel Kryl's death

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