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

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Josef Bajer

* 1923

Representative of the Church, Official in JZD, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Bajgar / approximately 1940

Zdeněk Bajgar

* 1931 †︎ 2022

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

Marie Balatova at 17 years old, Rovensko (Romania)

Marie Balátová

* 1947

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949), 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania)

Alžbeta Balážová with parents and uncle Gejza

Alžbeta Balážová

* 1940

Hungary

1946 - Expell of ethnic Germans from Hungary

Kristina Balcarová in 1940

Kristina Balcarová

* 1936 †︎ 2020

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Josef Balejka

Colonel Josef Balejka

* 1917 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Emigrant, Royal Air Force and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Balek

Jaroslav Balek

* 1933 †︎ unknown

Boy Scouts

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

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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