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

František Brouk as a guide for the travel agency Čedok in the 1980s

František Brouk

* 1938

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, 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

Eustach Broulík, portrait, 1970s

Eustach Broulík

* 1936

Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Déclassé

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Radoslava Knápková (Brovjáková) - 1944

Radoslava Brovjáková

* 1926

Participant in antifascist resistance, Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

Július Bruckner

* 1934

National minorities, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Danuše Brůhová in her graduation photo, 1969

Danuše Brůhová

* 1950

Emigrant, 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 Brumovsky during filming

Jan Brumovský

* 1937

The Sportsmen, 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

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Václav Brůna

* 1934 †︎ 2022

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Václav Bruna after the university graduation in Karolinum (1973)

MUDr. Václav Bruna

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Anti-communist rebel and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Brunclík as a student, 1970

JUDr. Milan Brunclík

* 1952 †︎ 2022

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Bruner

Petr Bruner

* 1960

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

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