Witnesses starting with letter B

Military uniform

Václav Bodlák

* 1924 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Bodlakova orez.jpg (historic)

Mgr. Ljubica Bodláková, roz. Axmanová

* 1934

Political prisoner in WW2, Representative of the Church, Forced labour during the WW2, Non-Catholic clerical, Sokol

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Teresa Boehm

Teresa Boehm

* 1934

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 12.1.1945 - 13.2.1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive

Major (ret.) Alexander Bognár

* 1917

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Déclassé, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army) and 5 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord and 2 more anniversaries

The black baron Jiří Boháč in the Technical auxiliary battalion in 1953

Ing. Jiří Boháč

* 1932 †︎ 2024

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Prison photograph - 1944

Jiří Boháč

* 1920

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

Petr Boháč / late 80's

Petr Boháč

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

V. Boháč 002.jpg (historic)

Viktor Boháč

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

PTDC0009.JPG (historic)

Zdeněk Boháč

* 1922 †︎ 2012

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Petr Bohanes

MUDr. Petr Bohanes

* 1953

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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