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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

Lubomír Bažant in the mid 1970s

Lubomír Bažant

* 1954

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Iva Bejčková in her last year of high school.

Iva Bejčková

* 1947

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

František Benes

František Beneš

* 1928

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Anti-communist rebel

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Archive picture

Milan Beran

* 1950

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Ladislav Bergmann

Ladislav Bergmann

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

Zbyněk Bezděk as an aspirant at the officer's school in Bruntál - 1946

Zbyněk Bezděk

* 1918 †︎ 2015

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in WW2, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Bisek Tomas_02.jpg (historic)

Tomáš Bísek

* 1939

Representative of the Church, Charter 77 signatory, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Štěpán Bittner in 1971

Štěpán Bittner

* 1948

Déclassé, Anti-communist rebel, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 4 more anniversaries

Young Milan Blažek

PhDr. Milan Blažek

* 1962

Anti-communist rebel, Radio Free Europe, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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