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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

Josef Bruzl in his youth

Josef Bruzl

* 1936

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 2 more anniversaries

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

At the military service, Prague, 1964

Petr Bubeník

* 1945

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad

Karel Bubílek in 1948

Karel Bubílek

* 1932 †︎ 2022

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

František Bublan

Mgr. František Bublan

* 1951

Clergymen, Dissident, Catholic clerical, Politician, Charter 77 signatory and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine and 1 more anniversaries

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