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Cyril Pazderka, interview for Memory of Nations, Jihlava, July 2025

Cyril Pazderka

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Stanislav Pazderka - 1954 in the PTP in Pardubice

Stanislav Pazderka

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Vladimír Pechan, Vlčice, 1990

Vladimír Pechan

* 1933

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Margareta Peck (right), Eibenthal, latter 1950s

Margareta Peck

* 1948

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, German minority in Romania, Political prisoner in Romania, Romania

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Václav Pek in the cabinetmaker's shop

Václav Pek

* 1948

Romania, Czechs from Banat, Representative of the Church, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka

Family photo after father's release from prison, 1956

Zdeňka Pěkná

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Marta Pelinka-Marková in 2021

Marta Pelinka-Marková

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 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 , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Pelnař

* 1973

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

The witness before marriage, Rovensko, 1965

Helena Pelnářová

* 1949

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Military service, České Budějovice, 1970s

Monsignor Jan Peňáz

* 1951

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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 , 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 4 more anniversaries

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