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Zdeněk Beránek, 1950s

Zdeněk Beránek

* 1939

Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Věra Beránková, 1960s

Věra Beránková

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Roland Berauer in his youth

Roland Berauer

* 1935 †︎ 2025

Germany, Russia, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 4 more anniversaries

Marianne Bergida

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 2 more anniversaries

Tomáš Bergmann, 1966

PhDr. Tomáš Bergmann

* 1945

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

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

Ivana Bergmannová in her childhood

Ivana Bergmannová

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Vlastimila Bergmanová, née Dostálová, in 1967

Ing. Vlastimila Bergmanová

* 1959

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

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

Photo from an ID card, year unknown

Miroslav Berkovský

* 1916 †︎ unknown

A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Bratislava airport before the departure to Prague - Beograd - Sydney, May 1980

Albín Berky

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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Ing. Josef Bernard

* 1965

Politician, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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