Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha

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Miroslav Košťál

* 1932

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Kotek during the shooting

Ing. Jiří Kotek

* 1957

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Politician, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Charlotta Pocheová in 1962 in Nové Město nad Metují

Charlotta Kotíková

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities and 1 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Martina Kotyková, 2023

Ing. Martina Kotyková Ph.D.

* 1971

Relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

KOTYZA1.JPG (historic)

Josef Kotyza

* 1923 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

A portrait no. 2, Vladimír Kouřil, 2019

Vladimír Kouřil

* 1944

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Božena Kouřiková née Zicháčková

Bohuslava Kouřilová

* 1941

Hidden people, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Karel Koutský, 2016

Karel Koutský

* 1965

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Igor Kovacevic, 2022

Ing., Arch. Igor Kovačević Ph.D.

* 1973

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Emigrant

1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Karel Kovanda, 1968

Karel Kovanda

* 1944

United Kingdom, Diplomat, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Repatriated and 1 more categories

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 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. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 4 more anniversaries

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