Witnesses starting with letter B

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

Miloslava Bičíková in the 1950s. All children were musically gifted after their father, František

Miloslava Bičíková

* 1942

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

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

Vlasta Bidrmanová on one of the promotional leaflets of the Jáchymov Spa, turn of the 1980s and 1990s

Vlasta Bidrmanová

* 1949

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Period photograph, 1962

Igor Bielik

* 1944

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jozef Bielik

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

During a cross-country race, around 1967

Götz Biemann

* 1943

Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Světlana Bigajeva

Světlana Bigajeva

* 1963

1.-3.9.2004 Teroristický útok v Beslanu

Libuše Bílá

Libuše Bílá

* 1935

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

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