Relative of a political prisoner | Memory of Nations

Suzanne Bartosek

Suzanne Bartosek

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities

22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Jarmila Bartošíková, contemporary photograph

Jarmila Bartošíková

* 1932

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Eva Bartošová, 1957/58

RNDr. Eva Bartošová

* 1930

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a young girl

Lenka Bártová, roz. Trutnovská

* 1948

Relative of a political prisoner

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

Ladislav Bartůněk - 1949

Ladislav Bartůněk

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

Lydia Baštecká, 1966

Mgr. Lydia Baštecká

* 1948 †︎ 2021

Relative of a political prisoner, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Jiří Baumruk, 1970

Jiří Baumruk

* 1950 †︎ 2025

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Relative of a political prisoner, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, 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

Zhala Bayramova, Prague, 2024

Zhala Bayramova

* 1998

Azerbaijan, Human Rights Defender, Relative of a political prisoner

Karel Bazika, 2025

Karel Bazika

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities

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

Jan Bednar in 2021

Jan Bednář

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Dissident and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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