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In his atelier at Borochov Street, Jerusalem 1959

Jehuda Bacon

* 1929

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz

Aurel Baghiu in 1963, shortly after his release

Aurel Baghiu

* 1929 †︎ 2010

Romania, Political prisoner in Romania

1956 - student protests in Timisoara (Rumania), 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Gabriela Bairová - Stoyanová, 1981

Gabriela Bairova-Stoyanova

* 1955

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, Bulgaria

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10.11.1989 - The Transition from communism to democracy in Bulgaria

Portrait of Angela Bajnokova in 1949

Angela Bajnoková

* 1928

Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ing., Mgr., PhDr. Ján Bajtoš

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Twelve-year-old Gita before the transport to Terezín, 1941

Brigita Bakovská

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

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Professor, ThDr. Milan Balabán

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Dissident, Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Witness, 1939

Eva Balíková

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, Death marches 1944-1945, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 8 more anniversaries

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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

Václav Balon in KT Dachau

Václav Balon

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

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