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Václav Blahna in the 1980s

Václav Blahna

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Dagmar Bláhová, Prague, 1970s

Dagmar Bláhová

* 1949

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Graduation photograph of Helga Bláhová

Helga Bláhová

* 1953

Sudeten Germans, 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

Ilona Holá (left) and Eva Holá, 1946

Ilona Bláhová

* 1936

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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Růžena Bláhová

* 1928 †︎ unknown

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alžběta Blahutová

Alžběta Blahutová

* 1940

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Květoslava Blahutová / 1952

Květoslava Blahutová

* 1935

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Aleš Blahý Oplíštil, circa 1984

Aleš Blahý Oplíštil

* 1965

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

The burning of the settlement of Ležáky, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Světla Blanková after arrival in Prague

Bachelor Světla Blanková

* 1939

Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 5 more anniversaries

Witness Anna Blašková during recording.

Anna Blašková

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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 4 more anniversaries

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