1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 | Memory of Nations

Zdena Beková

Zdena Beková

* 1926

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Nikolaj Bělanský, Memory of nations, August 2020

Nikolaj Bělanský

* 1947

Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Nobility, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

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Stanislav Bělík

* 1919 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Bělka in 1951

Colonel (ret.) Doc. PhDr. Jan Bělka , CSc.

* 1932

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Bohumila Bělounová when she was thirty years old

Bohumila Bělounová

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Jindřich Benda

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Veteran of WW2, eastern front

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Lota Bendová

* 1928

Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Katarína Skalová (married Bendová ) shortly after the end of the war - in her 16 years

Katarína Bendová, rod. Skalová

* 1929 †︎ 2020

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Hidden people

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Ivan Beneš after graduation, Prague, 1971

RNDr., CSc. Ivan Beneš

* 1948

Environmentalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Scientist, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 4 more anniversaries

Ivo Beneš

Ivo Beneš

* 1934

Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

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