Krassó, György (1932–1991) was a Hungarian politician and member of the democratic opposition under the Kádár regime. He joined the Hungarian Communist Party in 1946. In 1951, he began his studies at the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences. In 1952, he was expelled from the Communist Party for his “destructive habit,” and he lost his fellowship. In 1955, just before his state examinations, he was expelled from the university. He graduated only in 1976, and complicated a doctorate in economics the following year. He fought in the Revolution of 1956, after which he was sentenced to ten years in prison, but he was released under an amnesty in 1963. He was under police surveillance until 1985. He participated in opposition movements, including the “free universities” in the 1980s. Krassó cherished and worked to preserve the memory of 1956, and the first public commemorations of the Revolution were held in 1981 at his initiative and in his home.. He came into conflict with some of the members of the democratic opposition because of the opposition’s strategy and assessment of 1956. (Krassó considered the Revolution of 1956 not merely a political programme, but a living, revolutionary tradition. This was a radical viewpoint than differed from the stances adopted by most of the members of the democratic opposition.) Krassó founded the “Hungarian October” samizdat press in 1982. He emigrated to London in 1985, where he worked at Radio Free Europe and the BBC. He never thought himself as a political dissident, but he worked as 'posted representative' of Hungarian opposition. From 1986 to 1989, he published reports on the Hungarian opposition with the help of his Hungarian October Free Press Information Bureau. Krassó returned to Hungary in 1989 and founded the Hungarian October Party, but he could not take part as a candidate in the first free elections because the authorities passed legal restrictions against him for reasons that remain unknown.

Krassó, Miklós

Miklós Krassó (1930-1986) was a Hungarian philosophist, political scientist. He joined the Hungarian Communist Party when he was 15. He didn't graduate, but thanks to the well-known communist philosopher, György Lukács he could start his studies at the science university of Budapest. He learned philosophy and joined the circle of György Lukács. In November 1956 he emigrated to Vienna because he took part in the organization of the Worker's Council of Greater Budapest in the days of the Hungarian Revolution. He settled in England and studied at the University of Oxford. Krassó was a co-worker of the periodical 'New Left Review', he propagated the philosophy of English new-left thinkers. He wrote several studies about Marx, Trotsky and Marxist ideology. He died after his home burned out by an accident.

Kratina, Radoslav

Radoslav Kratina was a Czech sculptor, graphic designer, industrial designer, photographer and painter, a representative of Czech neo-constructivism. He studied arts and crafts in Brno and worked as a textile designer. In the 1950s, he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and then worked as an industrial textile designer and toy designer. From 1962 he focused on his own fine art and his works were exhibited in the 1960s as part of group exhibitions. In 1967 he co-founded the “Concretists’ Club”, which originally brought together mainly Czech and Slovak (neo) constructivist artists. After the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 many members of the Concretists’ Club emigrated and the club ceased its activities in 1971. Radoslav Kratina, who stayed in Czechoslovakia, could not exhibit his work until 1989. His work was characteristically inspired by movement and colour – he created free-standing constructions and hanging relief structures made from simple colourful moving geometric bodies.

Location:
- Praha, Prague, Czech Republic

Kraus, Aniza

Aniza Kraus has been the curator of the Ukrainian Museum-Archives since 2007. She was the UMA’s first professional curator, working previously as a digitization and preservation specialist at Case Western Reserve University. She has been instrumental in organizing existing materials and managing new acquisitions, which come regularly from the surrounding Ukrainian community. She has attracted funds for various projects, like the grant received from the Ohio Humanities Council to publish a volume about the Hnatiuk textile collection.

Location:
- Cleveland Kenilworth Avenue 1202, United States of America 44113

Krivickas, Bronius

Bronius Krivickas (1919–1952) graduated Biržai gymnasium in 1938, and began his studies at Vytautas Magnus University, later - Vilnius University. He was a member of literary organisations and networks, such as ‘Šatrijos meno kuopa’, led by the famous Lithuanian writer Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas. Krivickas was the editor of the journal Ateitis (Future) in 1938–1939, and later the editor of the newspaper Studentų dienos (Student Days). From 1944, he worked in the editorial offices of the journal Kūryba (Creative Work), and as a teacher at Biržai gymnasium. In 1945, he joined the anti-Soviet partisan movement. He became the editor of partisan newspapers such as Aukštaičių kova (The Struggle of the Aukštaičiai) and Partizanų kova (The Partisan Struggle). Krivickas was killed in 1952, during an operation by the Soviet state security service.

Location:
- Biržai , Lithuania