The Czechs from Banat

National Minorities

Maturita portrait, Aš 1959

Josef Borsik

* 1940

National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, The 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

Václav Fořt, Bígr

Václav Fořt

* 1944

The Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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, The Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Barbora Jelínková, nee. Hrůzová, shortly after her arrival in Bohemia, 1950

Barbora Jelínková

* 1930

Romania, The Czechs from Banat, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 3 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Wedding photo of Berta Jelínková, Cheb, 1952

Berta Jelínková

* 1933

Romania, The Czechs from Banat, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 3 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mariana Klepáčková, Memory of Nations filming, October 2021, Svatá Helena, Romania

Mariana Klepáčková

* 1942

The Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Josef Kocman, filming for Paměť národa, October 2021 in Sfânta Elena, Romania

Josef Kocman

* 1946

Romania, The Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Adolf Kopřiva at the age of 33 when he worked as a preacher

Adolf Kopřiva

* 1957

Romania, The Czechs from Banat, Representative of the Church, National minorities, Non-Catholic clerical and 2 more categories

16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Josef Mašek, born in 1955 in Gerník

Josef Mašek

* 1955

Romania, The Czechs from Banat, Czech minority in the Serbia, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Father Václav Mašek

Monsignor Václav Mašek

* 1941

Representative of the Church, A cultural celebrity, National minorities, The Czechs from Banat, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

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