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

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

Michael Brack around 1968

Michael Brack

* 1949

Victims of East-German secret police (Stasi), Political prisoner, Germany

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

Alena Brádlová in her youth

Alena Brádlová

* 1944

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

Jan Bradna during the filming

ak. soch. Jan Bradna

* 1943

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Artists

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ladislava Braná as a child in a residential area

Ladislava Braná

* 1957

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Petr Brandeiský as a student in Leningrad, 1953

Petr Brandeiský

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Holocaust, National minorities, University professor

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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