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

Show all anniversaries

Svatava Billová / Zlín 2018

Svatava Billová

* 1944

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Bílý

Jiří Bílý

* 1930

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

The witness is painting Ještěd, around 1949

Otakar Binar

* 1931 †︎ 2024

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

portret.jpg (historic)

Věra Biněvská-Holuběva

* 1929

Czech minority in the former USSR, Emigrant, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Arnošt Binter, 1970s

Mgr. Arnošt Binter

* 1928

Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Ernst Birke at the recording in 2025

Ernst Birke

* 1935

Germany, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Sieglinde Birke in 2025

Sieglinde Birke

* 1934

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Portrait

Robert Birnbaum

* 1929

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, The Sportsmen

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Bisek Tomas_02.jpg (historic)

Tomáš Bísek

* 1939

Representative of the Church, Charter 77 signatory, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

1952 - portrait photo

Zdeněk Bíza

* 1936

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Statistics: 21432 Witnesses the Database; 12152 Witness Stories; 22078 Registered Researchers; 180588 Photos; 71196 Clips