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Rudolf Bill, 2023

Rudolf Bill

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

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

Ivan Binar

Ivan Binar

* 1942

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Radio Free Europe and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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

Jarmila Binarová

Jarmila Binarová

* 1942

Dissident, Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Radio Free Europe and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mária Immaculata Binderová

Mária Binderová

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

Petr Bísek in 2024

Petr Bísek

* 1941

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czech community in the US, Journalist

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Kateřina Bittmanová as Israeli soldier , 1970s

MUDr. Kateřina Bittmanová

* 1952

Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Štěpán Bittner in 1971

Štěpán Bittner

* 1948

Déclassé, Anti-communist rebel, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 4 more anniversaries

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