Czechs from Banat

National Minorities

Marie Balatova at 17 years old, Rovensko (Romania)

Marie Balátová

* 1947

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949), 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania)

Maturita portrait, Aš 1959

Josef Borsik

* 1940

National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Czechs from Banat

1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Josef Bouda, filming for Memory of Nations, Kraslice, March 2024

Josef Bouda

* 1939

Czechs from Banat, National minorities

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

Alois Bradáč, photo from a military book, 1960s

Alois Bradáč

* 1943

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 1 more categories

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949)

Emil Bradáč, Eibenthal - Romania, September 2022

Emil Bradáč

* 1954

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Václav Bradáč, Gerník, 80s

Václav Bradáč

* 1950

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Farmer and 1 more categories

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949)

Ekaterina Černíková at the time when the family was applying for documents to move out of Romania, Cãlãrasi, 1950s

Ekaterina Černíková

* 1936

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania)

Antonie Draxelová

* 1946

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václav Fořt, Bígr

Václav Fořt

* 1944 †︎ 2021

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alena Gecse, 1977

Alena Gecse

* 1957

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

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