Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Before military service (September of 1951)

Ján Križan

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Natália Krnáčová rod. Lassovská

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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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 Jozef Kubaško, 2023

Jozef Kubaško

* 1954

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Peter Kubička - First Holly Communion

Ing. Peter Kubička

* 1968

The Sportsmen, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Life along the Iron Curtain

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Zuzana Balciarová, mother of witness

Lýdia Kubincová

* 1939

People helping Jews during WWII, Non-Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Kuchtiak Ignác as a graduate

Ignác Kuchtiak

* 1929

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jolana Kucíková

Jolana Kucíková

* 1938 †︎ 2020

Holocaust, National minorities, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Current photo of former Slovak football player and Olympic winner František Kunzo, from the filming in June 2022, in Košice. (number one)

František Kunzo

* 1954

The Sportsmen

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Dionýz Kurča

Dionýz Kurča

* 1928

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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