Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

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Pravoslav Batěk

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Forced labour during the WW2, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 1 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Baueršíma

Zdeněk Baueršíma

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Little Svatopluk Bauman

Ing. Svatopluk Bauman

* 1940

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Rudolf Baumruk

* 1927

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Bohumír Baxa, 2018

Bohumír Baxa

* 1934

Relatives of important personalities, The Children of Svatobořice, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Anděla Bečicová in the year 1962

Anděla Bečicová

* 1943

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Kanyar Becker, 1968

Dr. Helena Becker Kanyar

* 1943

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

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Karel Bečvář

Karel Bečvář

* 1931 †︎ 2026

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Illegal border crossing

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Václav Bečvárovský in 1951

Václav Bečvárovský

* 1933 †︎ 2024

Boy Scouts, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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Peter Bedlek

* 1928 †︎ 2019

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

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