17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Lubomír Bažant in the mid 1970s

Lubomír Bažant

* 1954

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Bazika, 2025

Karel Bazika

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Bechyňák (en)

Petr Bechyňák

* 1952

Boy Scouts

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anděla Bečicová in the year 1962

Anděla Bečicová

* 1943

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Bečková Petrovická, 1980s

Jana Bečková Petrovická

* 1971

Dissident, Art and censorship, The underground

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

Václav Bečvárovský in 1951

Václav Bečvárovský

* 1933 †︎ 2024

Boy Scouts, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

František Bednár

František Bednár

* 1957

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Radio Free Europe

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Childhood in the countryside, 1946

Pavel Bednář

* 1936

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Contemporary photo

Colonel (ret.) Václav Bednář

* 1938

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Bednář in 1971, when an American opponent knocked out six of his teeth

Vladimír Bednář

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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