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Zdeněk Pinc, mid 1980s

Zdeněk Pinc

* 1945

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, University professor

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Pinkava during studies and work in Prague, early 1950s

Josef Pinkava

* 1927

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Marta Pinke, née Křivanová, circa 1946

Marta Pinke

* 1931

Austria, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Repatriated, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 3 more anniversaries

Michaela Piňosová in a period photo

MUDr. Michaela Piňosová

* 1950

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Adolf Pintíř, 2012

Mons. Adolf Pintíř

* 1952

Catholic clerical, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Pintner

* 1942

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jarmila Pipalová

Jarmila Pipalová

* 1947

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

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

Zdeněk Piras in 2022

Zdeněk Piras

* 1952

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

In the operating theatre at IKEM, 1976

Professor MUDr., DrSc. Jan Pirk

* 1948

Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Ing., Arch. Boleslav Písařík

* 1924 †︎ 2023

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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