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Josef Bajer and Zdeněk Mahler, 1980s

Josef Bajer

* 1949

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

As a child

Svatopluk Bajer

* 1947

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ing., Mgr., PhDr. Ján Bajtoš

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Bajza in 2024

Jan Bajza

* 1948

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Bakeš, 1975

Jan Bakeš

* 1959

Dissident, Forced labour during the WW2, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Soňa Balcárková

Soňa Balcárková

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Kristina Balcarová in 1940

Kristina Balcarová

* 1936 †︎ 2020

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Pavel Baldinský (b. 1968)

Pavel Baldinský

* 1948

Member of an Illegal Church, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Professor, Ing., CSc. Pavol Balgavý

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Witness, 1939

Eva Balíková

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 8 more anniversaries

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