Déclassé

Graduation picture of Vaclav Andres, in 1961

Ing. Václav Andres

* 1943

Déclassé, The relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a young woman

Marie Antošová

* 1932

National minorities, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Underage political prisoners, Victim of forced relocation and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Ema Barešová, circa 1940

JUDr. Ema Barešová

* 1932

Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, Likvidace starého Mostu, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 6 more anniversaries

Luděk Bartoš during the recording for Memory of Nations, 7 June 2022, Olomouc

Mgr. Lieutenant Colonel Luděk Bartoš

* 1944

Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sokol, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 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 3 more anniversaries

Marie Bednářová, March 6, 1947

Ing. Marie Bednářová

* 1943

Déclassé, Politician, The Sportsmen, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra, Prague, late 1940s

PhDr. Věra Bezecná

* 1922

National minorities, Déclassé, Repatriated, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

Jaromir Bilík as an employee "Královopolské strojírny"

Jaromír Bilík

* 1918 †︎ 2020

Déclassé, Sokol, University professor

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

The witness is painting Ještěd, around 1949

Otakar Binar

* 1931

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

Štěpán Bittner in 1971

Štěpán Bittner

* 1948

Russia, Déclassé, Anti-communist rebel, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Portrait of the witness, Prague, 1945

Hana Blagodárná, rozená Hnitková

* 1935

The relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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