Witnesses starting with letter B

Stepan Barna in 2025

Second Lieutenant Stepan Barna

* 1979

Civic activism in Ukraine

2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, The Revolution on Granite in Ukraine. 2.10.1990 – 17.10.1990, The Annexation of Crimea (February 2014)

pikt_04164v.jpg (historic)

Magda Barnea

* 1925

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Mario Barroso during the interview at Miami, May 2017

Mario Félix Lleonart Barroso

* 1975

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Exile, Victim of Repression of the Church in Cuba

Cuba after 1959

Bedřich Bárta in 2022

Bedřich Bárta

* 1952

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Portrait near the villa in Lomnice nad Popelkou, author: Bohdan Holomíček, beginning of 1980s

Mgr. Jaroslav Bárta

* 1948

Environmentalist, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Bárta

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Václav Bárta in 2019

Václav Bárta

* 1937

Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The topic of security forces before 1989

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Demonstration in Litomerice, The Velvet revolution

Zdeněk Bárta

* 1949

Dissident, Vicar without State agreement, Charter 77 signatory, Volhynian Czechs

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness in Scottish kilt during his studies in the UK, Edinburgh, Christmas 1946

JUDr. Zdenek Bárta

* 1927

University professor, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

Hilda Bartáková (en)

Hilda Bartáková

* 1928

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Wehrmacht soldier and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic and 1 more anniversaries

Statistics: 21428 Witnesses the Database; 12150 Witness Stories; 22063 Registered Researchers; 180435 Photos; 71149 Clips