Witnesses starting with letter B

Josef Blinka in 2021

Josef Blinka

* 1954

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Petr Blížkovský, 2021

Professor Petr Blížkovský Ph.D.

* 1963

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

At the Eduard Urx Mine, early 1960s

Jan Blizňák

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

Anthony Bloch at a young age

Anthony Bloch

* 1933

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Czech community in the US and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Bloch in 1988

Karel Bloch

* 1965

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vojtěch Blodig during recording, 2023

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Vojtěch Blodig

* 1946

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Historian

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

František Bloudek (1967)

František Bloudek

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sexual minorities

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

Kateřina Blumová, 1960

Mgr. Kateřina Blumová

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jozef Bobalik

Jozef Bobalik

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Helena Bobková in 1966

Helena Bobková

* 1948

Poland, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Farmer

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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