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Petr Bukva, photo for ID card, 1976

Petr Bukva

* 1954

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

Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimíra Bukvicová, 1960s

Vladimíra Bukvicová

* 1948

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Communist official, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945 and 3 more categories

6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii) , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 20 October 1944 - Liberation of Belgrade

Irini Tcapas (Bulgurisová) -1958

Irini Bulgurisová

* 1942

National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 6.4. - 23.4.1941 Battle of Greece

Brigita Bulíčková as a child, late 1930s

Brigita Bulíčková

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Václav Bumbálek in uniform of a soldier of the Czechoslovak People's Army, 1952

Václav Bumbálek

* 1932

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miloš Bunda

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Stanislav Burda 18 February 2022

Ing. Stanislav Burda

* 1945

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

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Daruše Burdová in 1943

Daruše Burdová roz. Kolářová

* 1923

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Petr Bureš

Petr Bureš

* 1949

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jan Bures as a little boy in 1947

Jan Bureš

* 1943

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of 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 and 6 more anniversaries

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