Witnesses starting with letter B

Youth portrait

Ing. Oldřich Babka

* 1925 †︎ 2016

Forced labour during the WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

portrait

Hubert Babor

* 1943

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Memory of vanished settlements, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 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

Blažena Baborová

Blažena Baborová

* 1935

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Mojmír Babušík in custody

Mojmír Babušík

* 1933 †︎ 2016

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Boy Scouts

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 1 more anniversaries

Portrait

Felicitas Babušíková

* 1940

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Gottfried Bach, Slavonice, 2020

Gottfried Bach

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Austria

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Františka Bachanová

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

current portrait

Alexander Bachnár

* 1919 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, The Partisan

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Milan Báchorek in 1980s

Milan Báchorek

* 1939

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bachrach orez dobovy.jpg (historic)

Petr Bachrach

* 1929

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities, Holocaust and 5 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

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