Witnesses starting with letter B

contemporary photo of Anna Butová

Anna Butová

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Czech minority in the former USSR, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people and 2 more categories

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Witness in 1952

Vlasta Bůtová

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Věra Buxbaumová (Konečná)

Věra Buxbaumová

* 1931 †︎ 2020

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Ján Buzássy, 70s

Ján Buzássy

* 1935

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Jitka Bůžková

Jitka Bůžková

* 1928

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Zdzisław Bykowski in 1973

Zdzisław Antoni Bykowski

* 1947

Poland, Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita, Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Byron at the First Holy Communion, 1958

Marie Byron

* 1950

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Hubert Bystřičan in the military service, 1963

Hubert Bystřičan

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era

9. 12. 1944 attack on the guerrilla bunker in Morávka village, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Sister Ludmila in 2022

Helena Bystřická

* 1958

Relative of a political prisoner, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Bystrická

Jiřina Bystrická

* 1936

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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