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Matej Andráš

Matej Andráš

* 1921 †︎ 2012

A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Slovak-Polish relations in years 1918 - 1945

Michaela Antalíková at the concert of Midnight in 1990

Michaela Antalíková

* 1964

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Ludvík Armbruster as a secondary-school student, Ústín, 1945

Professor Ludwig Armbruster

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Scientist and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Báchorek in 1980s

Milan Báchorek

* 1939

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

In his atelier at Borochov Street, Jerusalem 1959

Jehuda Bacon

* 1929

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz

Josef Baierl at home

Josef Baierl

* 1942

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Daniel Balabán in 1993

Daniel Balabán

* 1957

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

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

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Professor, ThDr. Milan Balabán

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Dissident, Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Ben Barenholtz in 2019

Ben Barenholtz

* 1935 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Volhynian Czechs and 1 more categories

Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1939 - 1941 - The first Soviet occupation of Galicia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia

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

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