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Miloslav Bartoš, around 1944

Ing. Miloslav Bartoš

* 1936

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

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Roman Bartoš in the studio, 2020

Roman Bartoš

* 1960

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

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

Vlastimil Bartoš -1975

Ing. Vlastimil Bartoš

* 1955

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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

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