Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

Viorel Mihail Anghel

* 1953

Romania, 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 , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), 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

Dolores Bata Arambasic on her home farm in Brazil

Dolores Baťa Arambasic

* 1948

Emigrant, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Relatives of important personalities, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Josef Beneš, 1932

Josef Beneš

* 1936

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol and 2 more categories

2. 7. 1951 - Babický případ, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval 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 , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner

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

Michal Blažek (2015)

Michal Blažek

* 1955 †︎ 2025

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

Vladimír Brabec in 1950s

Vladimír Brabec

* 1924 †︎ 2023

Representative of the Church, Illegal border crossing, Non-Catholic clerical, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Journalist and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

Erika Brinkmann in 1949

Erika Brinkmannová

* 1940

National minorities, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

In the college Mladá Garda (1986)

Igor Brossmann

* 1966

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Relative of a political prisoner, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Christian Bürger, beginning of the 1980´s

Peter Christian Bürger

* 1956

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the GDR, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

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