Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

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

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Milan Ballek

* 1931

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Witness - Jozef Banyák

Mgr. Jozef Banyák

* 1958

National minorities, Radio Free Europe, Gypsies / Roma, Art and censorship

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

László Barak

* 1953

Member of the Hungarian democratic underground, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Writer

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karol Bartek, from the book “Moja cesta zivotom” (My road through life)

Ing. Karol Bartek

* 1926 †︎ 2023

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Zuzana Bartošová

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Portrait

M.Eng. Zuzana Bartová, rod. Špitzerová

* 1934

Holocaust, University professor

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

Anton Bartunek

* 1945

National minorities

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Juraj Bartusz - former portrait

Juraj Bartusz

* 1933

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, University professor

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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Peter Bedlek

* 1928 †︎ 2019

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

František Bednár

František Bednár

* 1957

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Radio Free Europe

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

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