Illegal border crossing

Anna Bekárková, née Košt'álová, in 1959

Anna Bekárková

* 1941

Illegal border crossing, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Benes

František Beneš

* 1928

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Anti-communist rebel

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Manfred Beneš, probably in the 60s

Manfred Beneš

* 1938

Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland), Illegal border crossing, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1947 - Population Transfers from the Ukrainian - Polish Borderlands, 1945 - 1946 Resettlement of Poles in the "Regained lands" , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Benešová

Věra Benešová

* 1926

Illegal border crossing, Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Viktor Beránek, current photo

Viktor Beránek

* 1951

Illegal border crossing, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Bratislava airport before the departure to Prague - Beograd - Sydney, May 1980

Albín Berky

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Robert Böhm, Neukirchen 2019

Robert Böhm

* 1932

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

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

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

Václav Bruna after the university graduation in Karolinum (1973)

MUDr. Václav Bruna

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Anti-communist rebel and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Bukový

Colonel (ret.) Antonín Bukový

* 1916 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Illegal border crossing, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 3 more anniversaries

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