Witnesses starting with letter B

Zdeněk Baueršíma

Zdeněk Baueršíma

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Mirko Baum in 1993 as a professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the RWTH in Aachen

Prof. Ing. arch. Mirko Baum

* 1944

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Vladimír Baume

Second Lieutenant Vladimír Baum

* 1922 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain and 2 more anniversaries

Little Svatopluk Bauman

Ing. Svatopluk Bauman

* 1940

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Baumruk, 1970

Jiří Baumruk

* 1950 †︎ 2025

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Relative of a political prisoner, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, 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

Rudolf Baumruk

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miloslava Miriam Baumruková

Miloslava Miriam Baumruková

* 1949

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Bohumír Baxa, 2018

Bohumír Baxa

* 1934

Relatives of important personalities, The Children of Svatobořice, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Josef Baxa, ca. 1985

JUDr. Josef Baxa

* 1959

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jan Baxant after the First Holy Communion

Mons. Mgr. Jan Baxant

* 1948

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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