Witnesses starting with letter B

Miroslav Bouček at work

Miroslav Bouček

* 1928

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdeněk Bouček, Prague, 1941

Zdeněk Bouček

* 1932

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Ivana Bouchnerová in the garden with a Persian rug

MUDr. Ivana Bouchnerová

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Tereza Boučková

Tereza Boučková

* 1957

Dissident, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Charter 77 signatory, Writer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Aleš Bouda speaking during the events of the Velvet Revolution in November 1989 in Trutnov

Mgr. Ing. Aleš Bouda

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

1955-00-00-32 Alois.JPG (historic)

Alois Bouda

* 1932

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Bouda, filming for Memory of Nations, Kraslice, March 2024

Josef Bouda

* 1939

Czechs from Banat, National minorities

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

Jiří Bouše in 2022

Jiří Bouše

* 1934

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Milan Bouška (on the right), 1980s

Milan Bouška

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Bouz with his sister

Jaroslav Bouz

* 1934

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

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