Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

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Věra Biněvská-Holuběva

* 1929

Czech minority in the former USSR, Emigrant, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Arnošt Binter, 1970s

Mgr. Arnošt Binter

* 1928

Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

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

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

Ludmila Bittnerová - student photo

Ludmila Bittnerová

* 1933

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

1952 - portrait photo

Zdeněk Bíza

* 1936

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Historian

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anton Blaha

Anton Blaha

* 1934

Lawyer, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Bláha at the age of nine

MUDr. Jaromír Bláha

* 1970

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

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

Miloslav Bláha in 2016

Miloslav Bláha

* 1927 †︎ 2022

Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Václav Bláha

Václav Bláha

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

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, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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