Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Josefa Bilíková, 2022

Josefa Bilíková

* 1937

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Petr Bísek in 2024

Petr Bísek

* 1941

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czech community in the US, Journalist

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Bláha at the age of nine

MUDr. Jaromír Bláha

* 1970

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Dagmar Bláhová, Prague, 1970s

Dagmar Bláhová

* 1949

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

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

Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Zdenka Blažková

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

Vojtěch Blodig during recording, 2023

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Vojtěch Blodig

* 1946

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Historian

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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