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Štěpán Benda, 1957

Ing. Štěpán Benda

* 1940

Relatives of important personalities, A secret police agent, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Zdeněk Beran in the army, 1951-1952

Zdeněk Beran

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Underage political prisoners, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Čtvrtečka in a boat

Jiří Čtvrtečka

* 1942

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, The Sportsmen, A secret police agent

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich

Rudolf Daňo in 2021

Rudolf Daňo

* 1923

Secret police informer, The Partisan, Border Guards, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Diviš was ordained in the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Litoměřice, June 25,1967

Mgr. Václav Diviš

* 1944

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Charter 77 signatory, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Dvořáček in 1950

Jaroslav Dvořáček

* 1929 †︎ 2021

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A secret police agent

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ervin Eichner in 2019

Ervin Eichner

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Bata school Graduate, A secret police agent, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Arnošt Goldflam 1950s

Master of Fine Arts Arnošt Goldflam

* 1946

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship, A secret police agent

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

Gronsky_1950.JPG (historic)

Ján Gronský

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Secret police informer, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 22. – 29. 4. 1956 – 2nd Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Kamil Haťap.jpg (historic)

Kamil Haťapka

* 1932

A secret police agent, Politician, A secret police collaborator, The Sportsmen

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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