Witnesses starting with letter B

Portrait near the villa in Lomnice nad Popelkou, author: Bohdan Holomíček, beginning of 1980s

Mgr. Jaroslav Bárta

* 1948

Environmentalist, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Bárta

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Václav Bárta in 2019

Václav Bárta

* 1937

Secret police informer, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Demonstration in Litomerice, The Velvet revolution

Zdeněk Bárta

* 1949

Dissident, Vicar without State agreement, Charter 77 signatory, Volhynian Czechs

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hilda Bartáková (en)

Hilda Bartáková

* 1928

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Wehrmacht soldier and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Barteček at the end of 1970s

Jiří Barteček

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Border Guards, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

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Private First Class (ret.) Anastázie Barteisová

* 1927

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

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

Karol Bartek, from the book “Moja cesta zivotom” (My road through life)

Ing. Karol Bartek

* 1926 †︎ 2023

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Pavel Bártek in 1973

Mgr. Pavel Bártek

* 1954

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

Viera Barteková

Sr. Viera Barteková

* 1921

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

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