Memory of nations (in co-production with Czech television)

Česká televize

The recordings in this project were created on the basis of a co-production agreement concluded between Post Bellum o.p.s. and Czech Television. Further use of the recordings is possible only upon consultation with the chair of audio-visual projects of Post Bellum, Viktor Portel (viktor.portel@postbellum.cz, +420 605 858 396). The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Contact: Viktor Portel (viktor.portel@postbellum.cz, +420 605 858 396).

Hanuš Adamec

Hanuš Adamec

* 1928 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jana Andrlíková

Jana Andrlíková

* 1939

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Ludvík Armbruster as a secondary-school student, Ústín, 1945

Professor Ludwig Armbruster

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Scientist and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

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Josef Bachura

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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Aviva Bar-On roz. Winklerová

* 1932

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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Magda Barnea roz. Kappová

* 1925

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Graduate of Officer´s academy (photo taken after the invasion in August 1968)

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Josef Bartošek

* 1947

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Politician, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Miloslava Miriam Baumruková

Miloslava Miriam Baumruková

* 1949

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Erika Bednářová (Rotterová) in 1955

Erika Bednářová

* 1930 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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Maud (Michal) Beerová roz. Steckelmacherová

* 1929

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Statistics: 18341 Witnesses the Database; 10176 Witness Stories; 19180 Registered Researchers; 152292 Photos; 61872 Clips