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

Věra Pokorná in her apartment in Weert, 2023

Věra Pokorná

* 1935

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Pokorník at work

Josef Pokorník

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Petr Pokorny, 1964

Petr Pokorný

* 1954

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Pokorný as a first-year student at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně Military Medical Academy in Hradec Králové (renamed VLVDÚ JEP in 1958), 1957

Doc. MUDr. Jan Pokorný , DrSc.

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Scientist

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

passport photography

Karel Pokorný

* 1941

Emigrant, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Miloš Pokorný

Miloš Pokorný

* 1931 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 7 more anniversaries

With his father and grandfather during World War II

Mgr. Zdeněk Pokorný

* 1932

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Champion of Czechoslovakia in hill climb races, 1978

Václav Poláček

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Poláček in the cottage in Káraný in 1954

RNDr. Jiří Poláček

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

František Polák as a young man

František Polák

* 1952

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, 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

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