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

21. 8. 1968

Vladimír Bednář in 1971, when an American opponent knocked out six of his teeth

Vladimír Bednář

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Bednářová, March 6, 1947

Ing. Marie Bednářová

* 1943

Déclassé, Politician, The Sportsmen, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Otta Bednářová in 1978

Otta Bednářová

* 1927 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted and 1 more anniversaries

Erika Bednarská (Schlegelová)

Erika Bednarská

* 1946

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Hana Bedrníková, née Vokatá, around 1945

Hana Bedrníková

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Květa Běhalová

Mgr. Květa Běhalová

* 1923 †︎ 2024

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Viktor Bejbl during filming

Viktor Bejbl

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

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

Iva Bejčková in her last year of high school.

Iva Bejčková

* 1947

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), The relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

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

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