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Kateřina Blumová, 1960

Mgr. Kateřina Blumová

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Hynek Bočan - director, filming of Private Whirlwind (Soukromá vichřice), 1960s

Hynek Bočan

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Bodlakova orez.jpg (historic)

Mgr. Ljubica Bodláková, roz. Axmanová

* 1934

Political prisoner in WW2, Representative of the Church, Forced labour during the WW2, Non-Catholic clerical, Sokol

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

The black baron Jiří Boháč in the Technical auxiliary battalion in 1953

Ing. Jiří Boháč

* 1932

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimit Bohata in the VB uniform

Vladimír Bohata

* 1926

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Photo from 1992

John Bok

* 1945

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Boreš, 2023

Jiří Boreš

* 1948

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Eva Borková in the first class, 1946

Eva Borková

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Robert Cvi Bornstein 2017

Robert Cvi Bornstein

* 1926

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Partisan and 3 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 3 more anniversaries

Richard Borovský circa 1963

Richard Borovský

* 1958

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Palach Week

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