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Bohumír Baxa, 2018

Bohumír Baxa

* 1934

Relatives of important personalities, The Children of Svatobořice, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Josef Baxa, ca. 1985

JUDr. Josef Baxa

* 1959

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jan Bednar in 2021

Jan Bednář

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Dissident and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Marie Bednářová, March 6, 1947

Ing. Marie Bednářová

* 1943

Déclassé, Politician, The Sportsmen, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Květa Běhalová

Mgr. Květa Běhalová

* 1923 †︎ 2024

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Boris Belenkin, 2023

Boris Belenkin

* 1953

Jan Bělka in 1951

Colonel (ret.) Doc. PhDr. Jan Bělka , CSc.

* 1932

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ivo Beneš

Ivo Beneš

* 1934

Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Young Josef Daniel Beneš

Josef Daniel Beneš

* 1941

Representative of the Church, Volhynian Czechs, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Non-Catholic clerical, Writer

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Pavel Beneš in the 1970s

Doc. Ing. Pavel Beneš , CSc.

* 1937

Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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