Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Jaromír Bláha at the age of nine

MUDr. Jaromír Bláha

* 1970

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Dagmar Bláhová, Prague, 1970s

Dagmar Bláhová

* 1949

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

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

Světla Blanková after arrival in Prague

Bachelor Světla Blanková

* 1939

Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 5 more anniversaries

Jiří Blata / around 1975

Jiří Blata

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Michal Blažek (2015)

Michal Blažek

* 1955 †︎ 2025

Art and censorship, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

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

Jiří Blažíček in 2022

Jiří Blažíček

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sokol

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdenka Blažková

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Vojtěch Blodig during recording, 2023

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Vojtěch Blodig

* 1946

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Historian

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Kateřina Blumová, 1960

Mgr. Kateřina Blumová

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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