Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Anton Gajdošík - photo from criminal military service (1952)

Anton Gajdošík

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), The relative of a political prisoner, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Notburga 19 years old

Eva Notburga Galbavá

* 1930

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

During service in PTP

Michal Gálik

* 1932

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Underage political prisoners, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), 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

Anna Galovičová

* 1950

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

Historical photography

Zuzana Gazdaricová rod. Šavrtková

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Karol Gémesi

* 1943

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Gerhard during an interview in Bratislava

Eva Gerhardová

* 1929

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Mauthausen concentration camp, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War

Eugen Gindl

Eugen Gindl

* 1944 †︎ 2021

Journalist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Šmuel Givoni

Šmuel Givoni

* 1923 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

A period photo.

Soňa Goldenbergová

* 1944

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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