17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Rudolf Plzák; 1967

Rudolf Plzák

* 1952

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sokol, 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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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

Jindřich Pochožaj, historical photography

Jindřich Pochožaj

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 2 more anniversaries

Graduation photo

Mgr. Tomáš Podaný

* 1941

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Podivínský during the recording for Memory of Nations, Olomouc, 31 May 2022

MUDr. Jiří Podivínský

* 1938

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Sokol, National minorities

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Podlipná during the Protectorate

Marie Podlipná

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Podlipný in scout dress, 1938

Dr. Jaroslav Podlipný

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Wedding photo of Jiří Podlipný

MUDr. Jiří Podlipný

* 1969

Relatives of important personalities, 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

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

Podpěra Dobromil

Ing. Dobromil Podpěra

* 1932 †︎ 2017

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

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