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

Slavomil Braun

Slavomil Braun

* 1935 †︎ 2024

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Antonín Brázdil, 1961

Antonín Brázdil

* 1942

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rudolf Brázdil in his youth

Mgr. Rudolf Brázdil

* 1940

Art and censorship

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Brejcha, 1970s

Petr Brejcha

* 1951 †︎ 2024

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

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

Zuzana Brejcha

Zuzana Brejcha

* 1953

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Graduation photo, 1942

Zdenka Brejníková

* 1923

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

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Breník at the age of 15

Mgr. Jan Breník

* 1945

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Relative of a political prisoner, 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

Marie Breníková at primary school

Marie Breníková

* 1949

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

Libuše Břenková, 2023

Libuše Břenková

* 1931

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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Breu with daughter

Jiří Breu

* 1960

Clergymen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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