17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída | Memory of Nations

Libor Pešek in 2017

Master of Fine Arts Libor Pešek

* 1933 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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

Ján Plachetka as a young man

Ing. Ján Plachetka

* 1945

Writer, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 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

Josef Pleskot in a graduation photo (1972)

Ing., Arch. Josef Pleskot

* 1952

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, Palach Week

Jan Pochman (en)

Jan Pochman

* 1970

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, Palach Week

Beaten by police (photo from 18 November, 1989)

Milan Podobský

* 1966

Journalist, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Milan Pohořely, contemporary portrait

doc. Ing.,CSc. Miloň Pohořelý

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Rudolf Pokorný

* 1966

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

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

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