Before the Fall of Iron Curtain 1946–1949 | Memory of Nations

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Zdeněk Baueršíma

Zdeněk Baueršíma

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Mirko Baum in 1993 as a professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the RWTH in Aachen

Prof. Ing. arch. Mirko Baum

* 1944

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Vladimír Baume

Second Lieutenant Vladimír Baum

* 1922 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 2 more anniversaries

Little Svatopluk Bauman

Ing. Svatopluk Bauman

* 1940

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Rudolf Baumruk

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Bohumír Baxa, 2018

Bohumír Baxa

* 1934

Relatives of important personalities, The Children of Svatobořice, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

S manželkou na pouti ve Smečně.jpg (historic)

Stanislav Bayer

* 1931

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 1 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat and 10 more anniversaries

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Lieutenant Karel Bažant

* 1924 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Truda, Opava, 1942

Denise Beatonová

* 1948

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anděla Bečicová in the year 1962

Anděla Bečicová

* 1943

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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