Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

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Young Petr Benesch, 1965

Petr Benesch

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Božena Beňová in 2021

Božena Beňová

* 1951

Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Beránek, 1950s

Zdeněk Beránek

* 1939

Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Věra Beránková, 1960s

Věra Beránková

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jiri Berger, Prague, 1990

Jiří Berger

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vladimír Bernát, a portrait

Vladimír Bernát

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jiří Berounský in 2022

Ing. Jiří Berounský

* 1932

Underage political prisoners, Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Věra, Prague, late 1940s

PhDr. Věra Bezecná

* 1922

National minorities, Déclassé, Repatriated, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria

Ivan Bialik, 1964

Ivan Bialik

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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

The family in 1972- from the left: Dáša’s husband Svatopluk, Dáša Bičovská, Hubert and Vlasta Lánský

Dáša Bičovská

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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