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

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

Emil Pražan at the time when he lived in Žalhostice. 1934

Ing. Emil Pražan

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Forced labour during the WW2, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

As a member of the Communist Party, 23 years old

Vilém Prečan

* 1933

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Scientist, Writer

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Břetislav Přech, ca. 1971

Břetislav Přech

* 1949

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

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

Jaroslava Preislerová, filming for Memory of Nations, 2022

Jaroslava Preislerová

* 1941

Life along the Iron Curtain

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

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