Witnesses starting with letter B

Irena Bláhová (Valterová) as a single woman in 1948

Irena Bláhová

* 1931

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 1 more anniversaries

Oluša Jágrová (née Bláhová) as a young woman

Oluša Bláhová

* 1927

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Current photo

Růžena Bláhová

* 1928 †︎ unknown

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Věra Blahůšková in 2023

Věra Blahůšková

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alžběta Blahutová

Alžběta Blahutová

* 1940

National minorities, Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Květoslava Blahutová / 1952

Květoslava Blahutová

* 1935

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Aleš Blahý Oplíštil, circa 1984

Aleš Blahý Oplíštil

* 1965

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

The burning of the settlement of Ležáky, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Salvador Blanco / Miami / 2017

Salvador Blanco

* 1953

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Journalist, Memories about Fidel Castro and 3 more categories

Cuba after 1959

Světla Blanková after arrival in Prague

Bachelor Světla Blanková

* 1939

Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 5 more anniversaries

Witness Anna Blašková during recording.

Anna Blašková

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 4 more anniversaries

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