Witnesses starting with letter B

Milan Báchorek in 1980s

Milan Báchorek

* 1939

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

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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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Josef Bachura

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Bacigálová Zuzana

Zuzana Bacigálová

* 1930

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Ján Bačík in 1945

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Ján Bačík

* 1917 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Ivan Bačina, 80s

Ivan Bačina

* 1964

The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Alfred Bäcker

Lieutenant Alfred Bäcker

* 1921 †︎ 2012

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ján Bačkovský as an army officer after the war, undated

Major General (ret.) Ján Bačkovský

* 1919 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Illegal border crossing, National minorities

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 1. – 2. 1. 1944 - Battle of Biela Cerkov, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Mgr. Peter Bačkovský

* 1955

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

In his atelier at Borochov Street, Jerusalem 1959

Jehuda Bacon

* 1929

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz

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