The Eighties 1980–1989 | Memory of Nations

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Iva Bejčková in her last year of high school.

Iva Bejčková

* 1947

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Bekárková, née Košt'álová, in 1959

Anna Bekárková

* 1941

Illegal border crossing, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A graduation photography of Jaroslav Běla from 1947

Ing. Jaroslav Běl

* 1929

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 5 more anniversaries

Pavol Beláň at the border guards (1971)

Pavol Beláň

* 1951

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Antonín Bělař

MUDr. Antonín Bělař

* 1944

People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities, Hidden people, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Richard Belcredi as a young boy

Richard Belcredi

* 1926 †︎ 2015

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Richard Alain Belcredi, 2024

Richard Alain Belcredi

* 1953

Austria, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Déclassé, Nobility

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

High school student, 1952

Bohuslav Bělík

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Bohumila Bělounová when she was thirty years old

Bohumila Bělounová

* 1930 †︎ 2023

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Benáček

* 1952

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, National minorities, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

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