1989 - The fall of the iron curtain | Memory of Nations

Witness - Jozef Banyák

Mgr. Jozef Banyák

* 1958 †︎ 2025

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, United States of America

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

Secondary school graduation photo, 1988

Mgr. Jana Bártková

* 1969

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Graduation photo Květoslava Axmanova (Bartoňová)

Květoslava Bartoňová

* 1928 †︎ 2017

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Milan Bartoš in his workshop, 1990

Milan Bartoš

* 1951

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Mrs. Bartošová Jana

Jana Bartošová

* 1950

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Ladislav Bartůněk - 1949

Ladislav Bartůněk

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

Juraj Bartusz - former portrait

Juraj Bartusz

* 1933

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, University professor

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

S manželkou na pouti ve Smečně.jpg (historic)

Stanislav Bayer

* 1931

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 1 more categories

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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 10 more anniversaries

Josef Bednář

Josef Bednář

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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