Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Zdeněk Bartoň

* 1930

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 2 more anniversaries

Doris Bartoníčková in 1941

Mgr. Doris Bartoníčková

* 1937

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 4 more anniversaries

Zdena Bartoníková (née Končická) in 1968

Zdena Bartoníková

* 1950

Volhynian Czechs, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Luděk Bartoš during the recording for Memory of Nations, 7 June 2022, Olomouc

Mgr. Lieutenant Colonel Luděk Bartoš

* 1944 †︎ 2023

Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Bartoš on graduation photography in 1962

Jan Bartoš

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miloslav Bartoš, around 1944

Ing. Miloslav Bartoš

* 1936

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

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Petr Bartoš, 2017

Petr Bartoš

* 1960

Dissident, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Charter 77 signatory

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Roman Bartoš in the studio, 2020

Roman Bartoš

* 1960

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

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

Vlastimil Bartoš -1975

Ing. Vlastimil Bartoš

* 1955

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, 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, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Graduate of Officer´s academy (photo taken after the invasion in August 1968)

Second Lieutenant (ret.) Josef Bartošek

* 1947

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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