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Petr Bachrach

* 1929

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities, Holocaust and 5 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Ján Bačík in 1945

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Ján Bačík

* 1917 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Alfred Bäcker

Lieutenant Alfred Bäcker

* 1921 †︎ 2012

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ján Bačkovský as an army officer after the war, undated

Major General (ret.) Ján Bačkovský

* 1919 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Illegal border crossing, National minorities

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jiřina Bajborová

Second Lieutenant Jiřina Bajborová

* 1925 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Vladimir Balaić

Vladimir Balaić

* 1928

Croatia, The Partisan, Border Guards

Staff Sergeant Jaroslav Balák

* 1927 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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

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

Erwin Baránek

Erwin Baránek

* 1925 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

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