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Jiří Bárta

* 1934

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Graduation photo Květoslava Axmanova (Bartoňová)

Květoslava Bartoňová

* 1928 †︎ 2017

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Luděk Bartoš during the recording for Memory of Nations, 7 June 2022, Olomouc

Mgr. Lieutenant Colonel Luděk Bartoš

* 1944 †︎ 2023

Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

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

Mrs. Bartošová Jana

Jana Bartošová

* 1950

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Marie Bártová, roz. Procházková

Marie Bártová, roz. Procházková

* 1922 †︎ 2017

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

S manželkou na pouti ve Smečně.jpg (historic)

Stanislav Bayer

* 1931

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 1 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 10 more anniversaries

Václav Bečvárovský in 1951

Václav Bečvárovský

* 1933 †︎ 2024

Boy Scouts, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Květoslava Bednářová

Květoslava Bednářová

* 1924

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 3 more anniversaries

Iva Bejčková in her last year of high school.

Iva Bejčková

* 1947

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

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