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Otta Bednářová in 1978

Otta Bednářová

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted and 1 more anniversaries

RB 002 - kopie.jpg (historic)

Ruth Beery

* 1937

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Ruth Bejkovská

Ruth Bejkovská

* 1920 †︎ 2013

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anna Bekárková, née Košt'álová, in 1959

Anna Bekárková

* 1941

Illegal border crossing, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdena Beková

Zdena Beková

* 1926

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

A graduation photography of Jaroslav Běla from 1947

Ing. Jaroslav Běl

* 1929

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

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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

1939

Stanislav Bělík

* 1919 †︎ 2022

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Bělka in 1951

Colonel (ret.) Doc. PhDr. Jan Bělka , CSc.

* 1932

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eva Bělková (2nd half of the 1950s)

Eva Bělková

* 1936

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Bohumila Bělounová when she was thirty years old

Bohumila Bělounová

* 1930 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

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