Witnesses starting with letter B

Josef Bezchleba in reserve. Training in Terezín 1963

Josef Bezchleba

* 1930

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Industrial settler in border region in 60', Friars and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Zbyněk Bezděk as an aspirant at the officer's school in Bruntál - 1946

Zbyněk Bezděk

* 1918 †︎ 2015

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in WW2, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Bezděková Olga, 2016

Olga Bezděková

* 1946

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

before the transport to Auschwitz

Erika Bezdíčková

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945 and 7 more anniversaries

Věra, Prague, late 1940s

PhDr. Věra Bezecná

* 1922

National minorities, Déclassé, Repatriated, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

Josef Bialas, Wehrmacht military book, Breslau (Wroclaw), January 1945

Josef Bialas

* 1927 †︎ 2025

Wehrmacht soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany

Ivan Bialik, 1964

Ivan Bialik

* 1946

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

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

Hana Bicencová in 1956
Hana sent the photo to her brother John, who was in prison in 1956, and on the back she wrote: "Jandulka, do you recognize me?" The back side of the photo also contains the name of brother, Jan Liska, and his prison number AO 16 978 and the stamp "AUTHORIZED until 30 October 1956". The prisoners could only have a photo of their beloved ones for a certain period of time. The back of the photo is stored in additional materials.

Hana Bicencová

* 1938

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner

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

The family in 1972- from the left: Dáša’s husband Svatopluk, Dáša Bičovská, Hubert and Vlasta Lánský

Dáša Bičovská

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jaroslava Bičovská in the 1st grade in 1951

Jaroslava Bičovská

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

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

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