Witnesses starting with letter B

Contemporary photo of Otta Brück (around 1945)

Otto Brück

* 1915 †︎ unknown

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Július Bruckner

* 1934

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Danuše Brůhová in her graduation photo, 1969

Danuše Brůhová

* 1950

Emigrant, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Naděžda Brůhová, 1945

Naděžda Brůhová

* 1925 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Participant in antifascist resistance, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs 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, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia and 4 more anniversaries

Michal Brummel with his mother Valeria, 1960s

Michal Brummel

* 1933

Holocaust

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Jan Brumovsky during filming

Jan Brumovský

* 1937

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Bruna after the university graduation in Karolinum (1973)

MUDr. Václav Bruna

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Anti-communist rebel and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

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Václav Brůna

* 1934 †︎ 2022

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milan Brunclík as a student, 1970

JUDr. Milan Brunclík

* 1952 †︎ 2022

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Bruner

Petr Bruner

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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