1989 - The fall of the iron curtain | Memory of Nations

Witness Peter Osuský during eye direct recording

MUDr. Peter Osuský

* 1953

Politician, Relatives of important personalities, University professor

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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

Martin Oulický in 1975

Martin Oulický

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Adolf Pachlatko as a child (1945)

Adolf Pachlatko

* 1938

Illegal border crossing, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain, Austria

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

František Pachman in childhood

Ing. František Pachman

* 1942 †︎ 2015

National minorities, Holocaust, Theresienstadt Ghetto, People helping Jews during WWII, Hidden people

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

František Pakandl

František Pakandl

* 1943

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Lukáš Palec in 1985

Lukáš Palec

* 1970

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anne-Marie Páleníčková in 1970

Anne-Marie Páleníčková

* 1950

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Member of an Illegal Church, Relatives of important personalities

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Martin Palouš in 2020

Doc. RNDr. Martin Palouš Ph.D.

* 1950

Diplomat, Dissident, Czech community in the US, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 11 more anniversaries

Bernard Pánči_dobová.jpeg (historic)

Bernard Pánči

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

Šimon Pánek, 1989

Šimon Pánek

* 1967

Relative of a political prisoner, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

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