Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

Viorel Mihail Anghel

* 1953

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in Romania

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jozef Babiak

* 1934

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Josef Beneš, 1932

Josef Beneš

* 1936

Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 8 more anniversaries

Hana Bicencová in 1956
Hana sent the photo to her brother John, who was in prison in 1956, and on the back she wrote: "Jandulka, do you recognize me?" The back side of the photo also contains the name of brother, Jan Liska, and his prison number AO 16 978 and the stamp "AUTHORIZED until 30 October 1956". The prisoners could only have a photo of their beloved ones for a certain period of time. The back of the photo is stored in additional materials.

Hana Bicencová

* 1938

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , The relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

Michal Blažek (2015)

Michal Blažek

* 1955

Art and censorship, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

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

Vlasta Černá

Vlasta Černá

* 1933

Anti-communist rebel, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Hidden people, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

Václav Čeřovský 1945 v Československé uniformě

Lieutenant Václav Čeřovský

* 1926

A collaborator of the Soviet secret service, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Illegal border crossing, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 8 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, January 21. 1945 Burning villages Klak, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty and 1 more anniversaries

Marta Charvátová after WWII

Marta Charvátová

* 1926

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Hidden people, Holocaust, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, The relative of a political prisoner

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 2 more anniversaries

Cigánek, portrait

František Cigánek

* 1930

Boy Scouts, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Member of Orel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

František Cvingráf, 8.7.2015

František Cvingráf

* 1923

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII