Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

Contemporary photography

František Ďulík

* 1931

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Stanislav Fajman

MUDr. Stanislav Fajman

* 1924 †︎ 2022

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Underage political prisoners, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, The relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, 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

Roman Frait as a 7 years old boy, Brno 1942

Roman Frait

* 1935

Apatrida - osoba bez státního občanství, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Emigrants from Russia and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Miroslav Froyda, 1954

Miroslav Froyda

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, A communist prosecutor, A communist interrogator and 6 more categories

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria and 2 more anniversaries

During service in PTP

Michal Gálik

* 1932

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Underage political prisoners, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

From border guard to transferrer

Josef Hasil

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 13 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Krystina Hauck und Holger Frenzel before the escape

Krystina Hauck

* 1970

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the GDR, Germany, East German Refugee

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Josef Hlava in 2021

Josef Hlava

* 1958

Czech community in the US, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Border Guards, The Sportsmen

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

Milan Hlobílek in PTP

Milan Hlobílek

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Hidden people, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation, Sokol and 5 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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