Witnesses starting with letter B

Witness in 2nd or 3rd grade, Polička, around1962-63

Jiří Brabec

* 1954

Radio Free Europe, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Brabec

Corporal Josef Brabec

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Vladimír Brabec in 1950s

Vladimír Brabec

* 1924 †︎ 2023

Representative of the Church, Illegal border crossing, Non-Catholic clerical, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Journalist and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

Helena Brabencová (en)

Helena Brabencová

* 1927

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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František Brabenec

* 1949

Victim of forced relocation, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Josef Brabenec

First Lieutenant Josef Brabenec

* 1921 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Kamil Brabenec (left) in a fight with Soviet giant, 221 centimeters tall Vladimir Tkachenko, at the European Championships, 1981

Kamil Brabenec

* 1951

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a young man, photo taken by Ondřej Němec

Vratislav Brabenec

* 1943

The Plastic People of the Universe, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Helena Bračíková (Bychová) in her childhood

Helena Bračíková

* 1950

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Alois Bradáč, photo from a military book, 1960s

Alois Bradáč

* 1943

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 1 more categories

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949)

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