Witnesses starting with letter B

Stanislav Balík working on the reconstruction of the Scout centre in Bludov

docent PhDr. Stanislav Balík

* 1978

Boy Scouts, University professor

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

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Milan Ballek

* 1931

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Václav Balon in KT Dachau

Václav Balon

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Pavel Balúch (1970s)

Pavel Balúch

* 1952

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Contemporary portrait of Trudy Bandler Scaramuzzi in 1957

Trudy Bandler Scaramuzzi

* 1933

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Winton’s Children

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR

MUDr. Stanislava Bannasová-Svojsíková

* 1952

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Josef Bannert

* 1947

Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslav Baný, 2022

Mgr. Jaroslav Baný

* 1936 †︎ 2023

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Witness - Jozef Banyák

Mgr. Jozef Banyák

* 1958

National minorities, Radio Free Europe, Gypsies / Roma, Art and censorship

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Yechiel Bar-Chaim, Prague 2023

Yechiel Bar Chaim

* 1945

National minorities, Israel/Palestine

5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

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