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Gottfried Bach, Slavonice, 2020

Gottfried Bach

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Austria

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

Bachrach orez dobovy.jpg (historic)

Petr Bachrach

* 1929

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities, Holocaust and 5 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Alfred Bäcker

Lieutenant Alfred Bäcker

* 1921 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ján Bačkovský as an army officer after the war, undated

Major General (ret.) Ján Bačkovský

* 1919 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Illegal border crossing, National minorities

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Ingeborg Bahrová

Ingeborg Bahrová

* 1933 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Memory of vanished settlements

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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

Gabriela Bairová - Stoyanová, 1981

Gabriela Bairova-Stoyanova

* 1955

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, Bulgaria

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10.11.1989 - The Transition from communism to democracy in Bulgaria

Jiřina Bajborová

Second Lieutenant Jiřina Bajborová

* 1925 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Staff Sergeant Jaroslav Balák

* 1927 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Marie Balatova at 17 years old, Rovensko (Romania)

Marie Balátová

* 1947

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949), 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania)

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