1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2 | Memory of Nations

From the play Zločin a trest (Crime and punishment) in the J. K. Tyl theatre

Pavel Pavlovský

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 8 more anniversaries

Hildegarda Pawlusová in the 1950s

Hildegarda Pawlusová

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eliška Pečenková

* 1930

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Contemporary photo

Vladimír Pechar

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Hana Pechová, 1960s

Hana Pechová

* 1937

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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

pekarek_vladimir_1940.jpg (historic)

Vladimír Pekárek

* 1913

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France

Maria Pekařová

Maria Pekařová

* 1938 †︎ 2021

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ivan Pelant in Uherský Brod, first year at university, January 1963

Prof. RNDr. Ivan Pelant , DrSc.

* 1944

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Rudolf Peller as a joung man

Rudolf Peller

* 1926

Emigrant, Sudeten Germans, Wehrmacht soldier, Germany

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Karolína Penkalová (Kajtochová)

Karolína Penkalová

* 1925 †︎ 2014

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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