Witnesses starting with letter K

Jiří Kraus, circa 1954

Ing. arch. Jiří Kraus

* 1930

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

The actor Josef Kraus

Josef Kraus

* 1941

Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Ognjen Kraus in 2022

Ognjen Kraus

* 1945

Rosemarie as a child

Rosemarie Kraus

* 1941

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Relatives of important personalities, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Kraus with his parents at Jarmilina skála

JUDr. Tomáš Kraus

* 1954

Secret police informer, Holocaust, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, A secret police collaborator and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdeněk Kraus, photo from his graduating class poster

Zdeněk Kraus

* 1933 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Emil Krause in 1946

JUDr. Emil Krause

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Communist official, Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A secret police collaborator

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Gustav as a child

Ing. Gustav Krause

* 1932

Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Dita Polachová, 1942

Dita Krausová

* 1929

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine and 5 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Krausová at her graduation in 1965

MUDr. Marie Krausová

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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