Witnesses starting with letter B

Zbyněk Bezděk as an aspirant at the officer's school in Bruntál - 1946

Zbyněk Bezděk

* 1918 †︎ 2015

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in WW2, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Bezděková Olga, 2016

Olga Bezděková

* 1946

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

before the transport to Auschwitz

Erika Bezdíčková

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945 and 7 more anniversaries

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

Hana Bicencová in 1956
Hana sent the photo to her brother John, who was in prison in 1956, and on the back she wrote: "Jandulka, do you recognize me?" The back side of the photo also contains the name of brother, Jan Liska, and his prison number AO 16 978 and the stamp "AUTHORIZED until 30 October 1956". The prisoners could only have a photo of their beloved ones for a certain period of time. The back of the photo is stored in additional materials.

Hana Bicencová

* 1938

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner

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

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

Jaroslava Bičovská in the 1st grade in 1951

Jaroslava Bičovská

* 1945

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Artists

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

Period photograph, 1962

Igor Bielik

* 1944

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 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

Jozef Bielik

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

During a cross-country race, around 1967

Götz Biemann

* 1943

Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen, Sudeten Germans, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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