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

Young Josef Daniel Beneš

Josef Daniel Beneš

* 1941

Representative of the Church, Volhynian Czechs, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Non-Catholic clerical, Writer

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Manfred Beneš, probably in the 60s

Manfred Beneš

* 1938

Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), Illegal border crossing, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1947 - Population Transfers from the Ukrainian - Polish Borderlands, 1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands" , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Beneš in the 1970s

Doc. Ing. Pavel Beneš , CSc.

* 1937

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Young Petr Benesch, 1965

Petr Benesch

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiřina Benešová in 2021

Jiřina Benešová

* 1928 †︎ 2025

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Věra Benešová

Věra Benešová

* 1926

Illegal border crossing, Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Brian Bennett

Brian Bennett

* 1948

Diplomat, United Kingdom

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait

Bohuslav Beňo

* 1951

Dissident, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Božena Beňová in 2021

Božena Beňová

* 1951

Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Waltraud Benová, 1957

Waltraud Benová

* 1939

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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