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Berki Judit

Judit Berki

* 1956

Hungary, Gypsies / Roma, A cultural celebrity

Bratislava airport before the departure to Prague - Beograd - Sydney, May 1980

Albín Berky

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Ilja Bílek, 1990s

Doc. academic painter Ilja Bílek

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, Artists, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17.4.-19.11. 1958 - EXPO 58

Ivan Binar

Ivan Binar

* 1942

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Radio Free Europe and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

The witness is painting Ještěd, around 1949

Otakar Binar

* 1931 †︎ 2024

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

Mgr. Ľubica Blaškovičová

* 1955

A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities

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

Igor Blaževič in 2021

Igor Blaževič

* 1963

Emigrant, National minorities, A cultural celebrity, Bosnia and Herzegovina

1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, September - November 1991 - Battle of Vukovar, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Josef Blinka in 2021

Josef Blinka

* 1954

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Hynek Bočan - director, filming of Private Whirlwind (Soukromá vichřice), 1960s

Hynek Bočan

* 1938

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 1 more anniversaries

Bojarová, rozená Hůlková Olga

Olga Bojarová, rozená Hůlková

* 1925

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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