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

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

Václav Bureš, circa 1970

Václav Bureš

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Věra Burešová 1945

Věra Burešová

* 1924

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Věra Burešová, second half of the 1950s

Věra Burešová

* 1928

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

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Zdenka Burešová in 1976

Bachelor Zdenka Burešová

* 1946

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Christian Bürger, beginning of the 1980´s

Peter Christian Bürger

* 1956

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the GDR, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Alžběta Bürgerová, 1960

Alžběta Bürgerová

* 1929

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

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