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

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

Jitka Borkovcová - Contemporary portrait - the cut

Jitka Borkovcová

* 1936 †︎ 2020

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Viera Boronkayová

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

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

Gabriela Borošová during EYD recording in 2023

Gabriela Borošová

* 1962

Switzerland, Hungary, Russia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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