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

Ivana Bouchnerová in the garden with a Persian rug

MUDr. Ivana Bouchnerová

* 1938

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Tereza Boučková

Tereza Boučková

* 1957

Dissident, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Charter 77 signatory, Writer

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

Aleš Bouda speaking during the events of the Velvet Revolution in November 1989 in Trutnov

Mgr. Ing. Aleš Bouda

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

1955-00-00-32 Alois.JPG (historic)

Alois Bouda

* 1932

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milan Bouška (on the right), 1980s

Milan Bouška

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Bouz with his sister

Jaroslav Bouz

* 1934

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

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, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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

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

Kamil Brabenec

* 1951

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

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

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