Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation | Memory of Nations

Anděla Bečicová in the year 1962

Anděla Bečicová

* 1943

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Peter Bedlek

* 1928 †︎ 2019

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Josef Bednář

Josef Bednář

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Contemporary photo

Colonel (ret.) Václav Bednář

* 1938

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Benda

Josef Benda

* 1927

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Contemporary portrait

František Beneš

* 1923

Volhynian Czechs, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

Youth

Miloslav Beneš

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Portrait

Bohuslav Beňo

* 1951

Dissident, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Beran in Czechoslovakian army troop (builder´s company- Prague 1945)

Vladimír Beran

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 3 more anniversaries

Hana Bicencová in 1956
Hana sent the photo to her brother John, who was in prison in 1956, and on the back she wrote: "Jandulka, do you recognize me?" The back side of the photo also contains the name of brother, Jan Liska, and his prison number AO 16 978 and the stamp "AUTHORIZED until 30 October 1956". The prisoners could only have a photo of their beloved ones for a certain period of time. The back of the photo is stored in additional materials.

Hana Bicencová

* 1938

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner

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

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