Witnesses starting with letter B

Antonín Bohatý

Antonín Bohatý

* 1913 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier, People helping Jews during WWII

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

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Lieutenant Colonel Jan Bohdan

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Heidi Bohley

Heidi Bohley

* 1950

Dissident, Nominees for the Memory of Nations Awards 2014

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Erich Böhm as a young man

Erich Böhm

* 1938

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Herbert Böhm as a small child

Herbert Böhm

* 1933

National minorities, Sudeten Germans

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Johann Böhm in 2019

Johann Böhm

* 1938

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Robert Böhm, Neukirchen 2019

Robert Böhm

* 1932

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

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

Štěpán Böhm in 2022

Štěpán Böhm

* 1938

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Svatoslav Böhm / probably 1970s

Svatoslav Böhm

* 1934 †︎ 2023

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 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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MUDr. Jana Dominika Bohušová

* 1954

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist, Life along the Iron Curtain and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

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