21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

21. 8. 1968

Graduate of Officer´s academy (photo taken after the invasion in August 1968)

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Josef Bartošek

* 1947

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

With daughter Šárka and son Matouš, 1975

Věra Bartošková

* 1946

Environmentalist, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alena Bartošová in the early 1970s in a picture by Jan Drhlík

Alena Bartošová

* 1944

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

wedding photo

Dana Bartošová

* 1944

Historian, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Mrs. Bartošová Jana

Jana Bartošová

* 1950

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Zuzana Bartošová

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Zora Bártová, 1970

MUDr. Zora Bártová

* 1951

The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain, Volhynian Czechs

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

In her youth

Eva Bártová

* 1951 †︎ 2023

13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Pavel Bartovsky

Pavel Bartovský

* 1936 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Victim of forced relocation, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Ladislav Bartůněk - 1949

Ladislav Bartůněk

* 1931 †︎ 2025

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

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