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

21. 8. 1968

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

Nikolaj Bělanský, Memory of nations, August 2020

Nikolaj Bělanský

* 1947

Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Victim of forced relocation, The relative of a political prisoner, Nobility, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

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

Richard Belcredi as a young boy

Richard Belcredi

* 1926 †︎ 2015

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Bělková (2nd half of the 1950s)

Eva Bělková

* 1936

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

Bohumil Benák in 1950s

Bohumil Benák

* 1932

National minorities, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence

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

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