Illegal border crossing

Jaroslav Čapek in 1980-photo taken by the Austrian police during an application for political asylum

Mgr. Jaroslav Čapek

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Giora Amir, March 2017.

Giora Amir

* 1928

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 4 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 3 more anniversaries

Historical photography

Eva Apfelthaler

* 1957

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Emil Baierl as a child

Emil Baierl

* 1933

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jiří Barteček at the end of 1970s

Jiří Barteček

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Antonín Bartoš Jr in New York City, 1965

Antonín Bartoš

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Batěk_pozadovany_orez_na_dobovy_portret.jpg (historic)

Pravoslav Batěk

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced labour during the WW2, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 1 more anniversaries

Lubomír Bažant in the mid 1970s

Lubomír Bažant

* 1954

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Bečvář

Karel Bečvář

* 1931

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Illegal border crossing

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Viktor Bejbl during filming

Viktor Bejbl

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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

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