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

Colonel Jaroslav Piskáček

Ing., Colonel Jaroslav Piskáček

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Fights with Bandera's forces and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Piskáčková

Jaroslava Piskáčková

* 1935

Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Piskoř in 1980s

Jaromír Piskoř

* 1962

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Pišoft

Jaroslav Pišoft

* 1937

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

Maxmiliána Píšová in the 1950s

Maxmiliána Píšová

* 1931

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Milan “Fred” Pištek as a “mánička” in the early 1970s

Milan Pištěk

* 1956

Déclassé, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 5 more categories

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 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, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Pištěk

Petr Pištěk

* 1953

Political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Marie Pištěková, performance the Last Night of Joan of Arc (probably at the beginning of 1980s)

Marie Pištěková

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Vladimír Pištělák before the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in Rome, 1960

Vladimír Pištělák

* 1940

The Sportsmen

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

August 1977, witness

Alena Pitašová

* 1955

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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