16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation | Memory of Nations

Petr Pištěk

Petr Pištěk

* 1953

Political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

A meeting in a cultural club, František Pivoda, Hulín, probably December 1989

Ing. František Pivoda

* 1943

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

Petr Placák

Petr Placák

* 1964

Dissident, The underground, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, The Plastic People of the Universe

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 2 more anniversaries

Antonín Plachý, 1988

Antonín Plachý

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Graduation photo, 1964

Ing. Oldřich Pleštil

* 1946

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Pojarová, 1960

Mgr. Helena Pojarová

* 1946

Diplomat, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jarmila Poláková, recording for Memory of Nations, August 2022

Jarmila Poláková

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

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 4 more anniversaries

Wedding picture of Jaroslava Poláková and her father (1969)

Jaroslava Poláková

* 1949

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 1 more anniversaries

The witness with her daughter Maruska in the settlement of Pokrok in 1959

Marie Polívková

* 1939

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jan Pospíšil in 1971

Ing. Jan Pospíšil

* 1944 †︎ 2025

Clergymen, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs, The topic of security forces before 1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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, Palach Week and 1 more anniversaries

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