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

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

Pavel Brunovský_portrait

Pavol Brunovský

* 1934 †︎ 2018

University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Ivo Brůžek in 2024

Ing. Ivo Brůžek

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Filming a reportage in an orchard in Sulejovice, 1965

Vladimíra Brůžová

* 1938

Journalist, Déclassé, Memory of vanished settlements, Industrial settler in border region in 60', Life along the Iron Curtain and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Bruno Brych in the second half of 1950s

Bruno Brych

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Drahomíra Brychtová, née Heindlová (born 1932)

Mgr. Drahomíra Brychtová

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, The Partisan, Political prisoner in WW2 and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Milan Buben, at military service

PhDr. Milan Michael Buben Ph.D.

* 1946

Historian, Friars, Nobility, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

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

Petr Bubenicek

Petr Metoděj Bubeníček

* 1961

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Relative of a political prisoner, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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