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

František Bauer in a traditional butcher's uniform in the year 1973

František Bauer

* 1957

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Zdeněk Baueršíma

Zdeněk Baueršíma

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Baumruk, 1970

Jiří Baumruk

* 1950 †︎ 2025

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Relative of a political prisoner, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, 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

Rudolf Baumruk

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miloslava Miriam Baumruková

Miloslava Miriam Baumruková

* 1949

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Bohumír Baxa, 2018

Bohumír Baxa

* 1934

Relatives of important personalities, The Children of Svatobořice, 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, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jan Baxant after the First Holy Communion

Mons. Mgr. Jan Baxant

* 1948

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Bazika, 2025

Karel Bazika

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities

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

Anděla Bečicová in the year 1962

Anděla Bečicová

* 1943

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Bečvář on a course in France in 1993

Ing. armádní generál Josef Bečvář

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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