Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

František Mikloško, then chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, and Pavol Abrhan (1990)

Ing. Pavol Abrhan

* 1959

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Politician, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava and 4 more anniversaries

Emil Adamčík

Emil Adamčík

* 1938

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

the witness Ivan Adam as a soldier in the basic military service

Ivan Adame

* 1943 †︎ 2021

Anti-communist rebel, Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

witness Helena Aková as a young girl

Helena Aková

* 1932

Holocaust, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, farmer

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Ján Antal photographed during the recording of the interview

Ján Antal

* 1950

Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Mió's mother

Mió Arató

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Hungary, Holocaust

1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war

Magda Atlasová Schwarzová

Magda Atlasová Schwarzová

* 1919

Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Michal Babej

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Sonja Babej Dölle

Sonja Babej-Doelle

* 1945

Holocaust, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The relative of a political prisoner

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Jozef Babiak

* 1934

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), The relative of a political prisoner and 1 more categories

1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

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