23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation | Memory of Nations

The wedding of Marie and Albín Blažek, 1 October 1960

Albín Blažek

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Wedding of Marie and Albín Blažek, 1st of October,1960

Marie Blažková

* 1938 †︎ 2023

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Taťána Blažková, née Wiesnerová, born 1947

Taťána Blažková

* 1947

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Nobility, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, former Yugoslavia and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslava Blešová as a child

Jaroslava Blešová

* 1943

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

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 7 more anniversaries

At the Eduard Urx Mine, early 1960s

Jan Blizňák

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Bobková in 1966

Helena Bobková

* 1948

Poland, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Farmer

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

In youth

Ľubomír Boďa

* 1932

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

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

The black baron Jiří Boháč in the Technical auxiliary battalion in 1953

Ing. Jiří Boháč

* 1932 †︎ 2024

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Hedviga Bôriková as a 15 years old

Hedviga Bôriková

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Partisan and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Gabriela Borošová during EYD recording in 2023

Gabriela Borošová

* 1962

Switzerland, Hungary, Russia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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