21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops | Memory of Nations

Eliška Polanecká in the jacket with US label

Eliška Polanecká

* 1945

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Polanský, 1968

Karel Polanský

* 1945

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Young Jindřich

Jindřich Poledňa

* 1934

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 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

The memorial at the age of sixteen

Pavel Polka

* 1952

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Pollák

Jan Pollák

* 1930

Relatives of important personalities, Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Michal Polman skiing

Michal Polman

* 1959

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

Pavel Polnicky at the time of secondary school graduation, 1961

Pavel Polnický

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Pomahač during his military service, Prague, 1960

Jaromír Pomahač

* 1940

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

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, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Rudolf Pompe -1952

Rudolf Pompe

* 1933

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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