1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

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

Vladimír Beran in Czechoslovakian army troop (builder´s company- Prague 1945)

Vladimír Beran

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 3 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Beran in the army, 1951-1952

Zdeněk Beran

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Underage political prisoners, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Karel Beránek

Ing. Karel Beránek

* 1925 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 6. 1942 - prezekuce a věznění studentů z Roudnice nad Labem

Vlasta Bérešová at the ball in Velké Losiny, 1960

Vlasta Bérešová

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiri Berger, Prague, 1990

Jiří Berger

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Anna Bergerová, photo from the identification of "Union of Slovak Partisans"

Anna Bergerová

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Communist official, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz and 2 more anniversaries

Photo from an ID card, year unknown

Miroslav Berkovský

* 1916 †︎ unknown

A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Bernat in the army

Private First Class (ret.) Miroslav Bernat

* 1924 †︎ 2024

National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Participant in antifascist resistance and 5 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia and 4 more anniversaries

Jiří Berounský in 2022

Ing. Jiří Berounský

* 1932

Underage political prisoners, Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

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