1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Štěpán Böhm in 2022

Štěpán Böhm

* 1938

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Svatoslav Böhm / probably 1970s

Svatoslav Böhm

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Věroslava Jurajdová (Bojková), historical photography

Věroslava Bojková

* 1926 †︎ 2025

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk

Bernard Bokor in a PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) uniform

Bernard Bokor

* 1924 †︎ 2013

Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle” and 2 more anniversaries

Alla Boroličová, née Karfíková, of Zbolbunovo, nurse. Source: Československé ženy

Alla Boroličová

* 1922

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 3 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 23.8.1939 - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 4 more anniversaries

Gabriela Borošová during EYD recording in 2023

Gabriela Borošová

* 1962

Switzerland, Hungary, Russia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Prof. Ing., DrSc. Ján Borota

* 1925

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Scientist, University professor

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

The first year of the Pammer family in their new house in Hungary. Mária at the top right. year 1947, Nagynyárád

Mária Bors

* 1933

Hungary, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945 and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1946 - Expell of ethnic Germans from Hungary , 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Erich Bortlík

Erich Bortlík

* 1928 †︎ 2022

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Wehrmacht soldier, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Karel Bořuta during the military service in Trnava (1951)

Karel Bořuta

* 1927 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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