Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha

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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

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

Josefa Bilíková, 2022

Josefa Bilíková

* 1937

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

Jaromír Bláha at the age of nine

MUDr. Jaromír Bláha

* 1970

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Dagmar Bláhová, Prague, 1970s

Dagmar Bláhová

* 1949

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

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

Jiří Blata / around 1975

Jiří Blata

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Michal Blažek (2015)

Michal Blažek

* 1955

Art and censorship, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

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

Igor Blaževič in 2021

Igor Blaževič

* 1963

Emigrant, National minorities, A cultural celebrity, Bosnia and Herzegovina

1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, September - November 1991 - Battle of Vukovar, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Jiří Blažíček in 2022

Jiří Blažíček

* 1942

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Sokol

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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