Witnesses starting with letter K

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Hana Kumperová

* 1926 †︎ 2022

Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alojz Kuna

Alojz Kuna

* 1936

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Crossing the border at Dukla - in the foreground a flag bearer Vladimír Kunášek / Source: archive of Václav Širc

Vladimír Kunášek

* 1923 †︎ 2006

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 6 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín and 1 more anniversaries

Lubor Kunc

Ing. Lubor Kunc

* 1952

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Vladimír Kunc in August 2019

Vladimír Kunc

* 1955

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vojtěch Kunčík as a producer at the Gottwaldov Film Studios (cutout)

Vojtěch Kunčík

* 1935

Artists

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 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

six years old

Jana Kuncířová

* 1937

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Kundera, as an actor

Josef Kundera

* 1960

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Ilja Kuneš in 2023

Ilja Kuneš

* 1956

Human Rights Defender, Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 6 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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

At military service in Lešany (near Prague), 1962

Pavel Kuneš

* 1937

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Catholic clerical, Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

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