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

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

A graduation photography of Jaroslav Běla from 1947

Ing. Jaroslav Běl

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Pavol Beláň at the border guards (1971)

Pavol Beláň

* 1951

Border Guards, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Antonín Bělař

MUDr. Antonín Bělař

* 1944

People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities, Hidden people, Scientist

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

Bohumila Bělounová when she was thirty years old

Bohumila Bělounová

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Benáček

* 1952

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, National minorities, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Ján Benč

* 1932 †︎ 2021

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Ján Benčík

* 1948

Politician, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait

RNDr. Ján Bencúr

* 1950

Environmentalist, Politician, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivan Beneš after graduation, Prague, 1971

RNDr., CSc. Ivan Beneš

* 1948

Germany, Environmentalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Scientist, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 4 more anniversaries

Ivo Beneš

Ivo Beneš

* 1934

Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

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