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Libor Bálek

* 1966

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Portrait near the villa in Lomnice nad Popelkou, author: Bohdan Holomíček, beginning of 1980s

Mgr. Jaroslav Bárta

* 1948

Environmentalist, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mojmír Bártek at the celebration of his 80th birthday at the Sono Centre in Brno, 2022

Mojmír Bártek

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Zdeněk Bartl performing at Hašek's Lipnice, summer 1969

Zdeněk Bartl

* 1950

Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zuzana Bartošová

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Jana Bečková Petrovická, 1980s

Jana Bečková Petrovická

* 1971

Dissident, Art and censorship, The underground

Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Viktor Bejbl during filming

Viktor Bejbl

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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

Jaroslav Beneš as the so-called manicka, 1975

Jaroslav Beneš

* 1946

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Bratislava airport before the departure to Prague - Beograd - Sydney, May 1980

Albín Berky

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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