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

Antonín Brázdil, 1961

Antonín Brázdil

* 1942

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Monika Brázdová, the graduate

Mgr. Monika Brázdová

* 1969

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

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Brejcha, 1970s

Petr Brejcha

* 1951 †︎ 2024

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Zuzana Brejcha

Zuzana Brejcha

* 1953

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Graduation photo, 1942

Zdenka Brejníková

* 1923

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

13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 and 1 more anniversaries

François Brélaz (1985)

François Brélaz

* 1939

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician, Switzerland

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

Jan Breník at the age of 15

Mgr. Jan Breník

* 1945

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Relative of a political prisoner, 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

Marie Breníková at primary school

Marie Breníková

* 1949

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

Libuše Břenková, 2023

Libuše Břenková

* 1931

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Břeňová

PhDr. Věra Břeňová

* 1935

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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