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Viktor Bejbl during filming

Viktor Bejbl

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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

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

Nikolaj Bělanský, Memory of nations, August 2020

Nikolaj Bělanský

* 1947

Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Nobility, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

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

1939

Stanislav Bělík

* 1919 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 3 more anniversaries

Eva Bělková (2nd half of the 1950s)

Eva Bělková

* 1936

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

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