Witnesses starting with letter B

Ernst Birke at the recording in 2025

Ernst Birke

* 1935

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Sieglinde Birke in 2025

Sieglinde Birke

* 1934

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Portrait

Robert Birnbaum

* 1929

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, The Sportsmen

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Petr Bísek in 2024

Petr Bísek

* 1941

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czech community in the US, Journalist

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bisek Tomas_02.jpg (historic)

Tomáš Bísek

* 1939

Representative of the Church, Charter 77 signatory, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Non-Catholic clerical and 2 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

61385-photo.jpg (historic)

MUDr. Anna Bittmanová

* 1929 †︎ 2011

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Kateřina Bittmanová as Israeli soldier , 1970s

MUDr. Kateřina Bittmanová

* 1952

Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Štěpán Bittner in 1971

Štěpán Bittner

* 1948

Déclassé, Anti-communist rebel, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 4 more anniversaries

Ludmila Bittnerová - student photo

Ludmila Bittnerová

* 1933

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

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

1952 - portrait photo

Zdeněk Bíza

* 1936

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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