Witnesses starting with letter B

Svatoslav Böhm / probably 1970s

Svatoslav Böhm

* 1934 †︎ 2023

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

Luděk Bohman (right) with discus thrower Ludvík Daňek, 1971

Mgr. Luděk Bohman

* 1946

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Böhmová in the first class

MUDr. Marie Böhmová

* 1954

Dissident, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jana1964_dobova fotka.jpg (historic)

MUDr. Jana Dominika Bohušová

* 1954

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Marija Jakivna Bohuta, 1975

Mariia Yakivna Bohuta

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Farmer and 1 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Bojarová, rozená Hůlková Olga

Olga Bojarová, rozená Hůlková

* 1925

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Věroslava Jurajdová (Bojková), historical photography

Věroslava Bojková

* 1926 †︎ 2025

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk

Ing. Pavol Bojkovský

* 1953

The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

ScanImage004.jpg (historic)

Endre Bojtár

* 1940 †︎ 2018

Hungary, Member of the Hungarian democratic underground, A cultural celebrity

Photo from 1992

John Bok

* 1945

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

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