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

Jiří Pešek in the uniform of the Auxiliary Engineering Corps (1954)

Jiří Pešek

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Libor Pešek in 2017

Master of Fine Arts Libor Pešek

* 1933 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Pavel Peška still in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Peška

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lubomír Peške / 1968

Lubomír Peške

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

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

Jana Pešková, 80s

Jana Pešková

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Pešková, 1977, historical photography

Marie Pešková

* 1937

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

02 - Milada Pešková - portrait 2016

Milada Pešková

* 1921 †︎ 2019

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

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

Věra Pešková, 1st half of the 1960s

Věra Pešková

* 1926

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vlastimila Pešková 20 years old, 1961

PaedDr. Vlastimila Pešková

* 1941

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Miroslav Pešta in 1955

Miroslav Pešta

* 1929

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

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

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