Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

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

Preparation of the November 1989 meeting in Bardejov

František Chrzan

* 1955

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Ján Chudík Doc.,JUDr.

* 1926 †︎ 2022

Lawyer, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

PaedDr. Elena Cinová

* 1973

Holocaust, National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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Miroslav Cipár

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Artists, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness Eduard Čonka - 18 years old

Mgr. Eduard Čonka

* 1966

National minorities, Politician, Gypsies / Roma

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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Rozália Danková (sestra Stella)

* 1920 †︎ 2017

Friars, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Anna Daňková, rod. Kováčová

* 1938

The relative of a political prisoner

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Photography from 1960

Ervín Arie David

* 1936

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

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Mr. Debnár's wife

Ján Debnár

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

PhDr. Ondrej Demo CSc.

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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