Witnesses starting with letter K

Jiří Kovanda, 20th birthday, Petřín 1973

Jiří Kovanda

* 1953

Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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

Ivy Kovandová za války

Ivy Kovandová roz. Norman

* 1922 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Relatives of important personalities

13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Jan as teenager

Jan Kovanic

* 1951

Anti-communist rebel

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

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Ivana Kovanicová

* 1944 †︎ 2013

National minorities, Holocaust, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Josef Kovář in Letná, Prague 1945

Major (ret.) Josef Kovář

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 7 more anniversaries

Vladimír Kovář

Vladimír Kovář

* 1942

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Kovařík Bohumil

Bohumil Kovařík

* 1934

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Kovářík in his thirties after coming home from prison

Josef Kovářík

* 1927

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Kovařík - in the 30s

Květoslav Kovařík

* 1930 †︎ 2008

French Foreign Legion, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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