Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

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

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, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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 †︎ 2023

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

Historical photography

Eva Apfelthaler

* 1957

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing

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, 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), 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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