A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Eugen Brikcius, 2016

Eugen Brikcius

* 1942

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Erika Brinkmann in 1949

Erika Brinkmannová

* 1940

National minorities, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Sudeten Germans

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Brod, a portrait of 1967

Petr Brod

* 1951

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Historian, Holocaust, Journalist, Radio Free Europe

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Eliahu Brodavka, 2006

Eliahu Brodavka

* 1925 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel), 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster and 1 more anniversaries

In 1946

Ruth Brösslerová

* 1927 †︎ 2017

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel)

Krista Brotánková, five years old

Mgr. Krista Brotánková

* 1934

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Václav Bruna after the university graduation in Karolinum (1973)

MUDr. Václav Bruna

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Anti-communist rebel and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Siegfried Buchholz young.jpg (historic)

Siegfried Buchholz

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Germany

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

buk_2.JPG (historic)

Zdeněk Buk

* 1960

Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Petr Bukva, photo for ID card, 1976

Petr Bukva

* 1954

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

Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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