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Jan Pötzl with his father in the workshop, Luby 7. 7. 1968

Jan Pötzl

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiří Pötzl in 1942 in Cheb

Jiří Pötzl

* 1936

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Julie Poulíková around 1980

Julie Poulíková

* 1939

National minorities, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martin Poživil after confirmation with his father at St. Wenceslas in Prague, 1960s

Martin Poživil

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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

Jaromír Prach

Jaromír Prach

* 1947 †︎ 2025

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Emil Přádný getting off after his last flight, 30 June 1997

Ing. Emil Přádný

* 1937

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdeňka Smrkovská, later Prahlová (1957)

Mgr. Zdeňka Prahlová

* 1949

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Prášil at the distaff and spinning wheel, 1980s

Prof. Jaroslav Prášil

* 1946

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miroslav Pravda

PhDr. Miroslav Pravda

* 1928

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 17.4.-19.11. 1958 - EXPO 58 and 2 more anniversaries

Václav Pražák

Václav Pražák

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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