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

As a child

Svatopluk Bajer

* 1947

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Portrait photograph of Vojtěch Bajer

Vojtěch Bajer

* 1978

Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Zdeněk Bajgar / approximately 1940

Zdeněk Bajgar

* 1931 †︎ 2022

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ing., Mgr., PhDr. Ján Bajtoš

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Bajza in 2024

Jan Bajza

* 1948

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Bakeš, 1975

Jan Bakeš

* 1959

Dissident, Forced labour during the WW2, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

RNDr. Pavol Bakoš

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait

Mgr. Lujza Bakošová

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Daniel Balabán in 1993

Daniel Balabán

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Balatova at 17 years old, Rovensko (Romania)

Marie Balátová

* 1947

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949), 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania)

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