21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops | Memory of Nations

Luděk Bohman (right) with discus thrower Ludvík Daňek, 1971

Mgr. Luděk Bohman

* 1946

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jana1964_dobova fotka.jpg (historic)

MUDr. Jana Dominika Bohušová

* 1954

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Life along the Iron Curtain and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Bojarová, rozená Hůlková Olga

Olga Bojarová, rozená Hůlková

* 1925

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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

Photo from 1992

John Bok

* 1945

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

Antonín Bořek Dohalský retro.jpg (historic)

Hrabě Antonín Bořek-Dohalský

* 1944 †︎ 2017

Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 1 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jiří Boreš, 2023

Jiří Boreš

* 1948

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Hana Borgströmová, 2020, current photography

Hana Borgströmová

* 1939

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Witness Hedviga Bôriková as a 15 years old

Hedviga Bôriková

* 1934 †︎ 2022

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Partisan and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Borkovcova dobove.jpg (historic)

Ing. Anna Bořkovcová

* 1951 †︎ 2018

Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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