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

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Jaroslav Březovják in Zlín in 2018

Jaroslav Březovják

* 1932 †︎ 2019

Bata school Graduate

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth

Karel Brhel (1946)

Karel Brhel

* 1922 †︎ 2006

Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Věra Břicháčková

PhDr. Věra Břicháčková

* 1936

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

Jan Břinek a boy scout, aged 17

Jan Břinek

* 1933

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

Erika Brinkmann in 1949

Erika Brinkmannová

* 1940

National minorities, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Hedvika Brixová v roce 2017

Hedvika Brixová

* 1928 †︎ 2018

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Eva Břízová in her work outfit, Hlasivo, year 1957

Eva Břízová

* 1937

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

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, Fights with Bandera's forces and 3 more anniversaries

In Červená Voda on 7 October 2021

Zdeňka Břízová

* 1937

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Eliahu Brodavka, 2006

Eliahu Brodavka

* 1925 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel), 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster and 1 more anniversaries

Mikuláš, a soldier, in the Red Army uniform, 1945.

Mikuláš Bröder

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 24.9.1945 - Pogrom in Topoľčany

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