The Eighties 1980–1989 | Memory of Nations

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Stanislav Balík working on the reconstruction of the Scout centre in Bludov

docent PhDr. Stanislav Balík

* 1978

Boy Scouts, University professor

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Pavel Balúch (1970s)

Pavel Balúch

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

MUDr. Stanislava Bannasová-Svojsíková

* 1952

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jaroslav Baný, 2022

Mgr. Jaroslav Baný

* 1936 †︎ 2023

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Witness - Jozef Banyák

Mgr. Jozef Banyák

* 1958 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Radio Free Europe, Gypsies / Roma, Art and censorship

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

Yechiel Bar-Chaim, Prague 2023

Yechiel Bar Chaim

* 1945

National minorities, Israel/Palestine, United States of America

5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

László Barak

* 1953

Member of the Hungarian democratic underground, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Writer

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Halyna Barbulyak with grandmother Anna

Halyna Barbulyak

* 1971

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

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Accreditation card from the 1975 World University Games in Romania

Michal Barda

* 1955

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

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