Witnesses starting with letter B

Vladimír Beneš

Vladimír Beneš

* 1928

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Young Petr Benesch, 1965

Petr Benesch

* 1945

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

portrait of Daniela Benešová - 2015

Daniela Benešová

* 1929

Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Eva Benešová

* 1940

National minorities, Holocaust, Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 4 more anniversaries

Jiřina Benešová in 2021

Jiřina Benešová

* 1928

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Věra Benešová

Věra Benešová

* 1926

Illegal border crossing, Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Věra Benešová during her studies at the grammar school - 1950s

Věra Benešová

* 1933

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Brian Bennett

Brian Bennett

* 1948

Diplomat, United Kingdom

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bennett Gerta

Gerta Bennett

* 1913

Portrait

Bohuslav Beňo

* 1951

Dissident, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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