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Vladimír Polák 1

Vladimír Polák

* 1937

Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Petr Polakovič (in the middle) before 2020 at the former Tomasch family homestead in Janov Dol

Ing. Petr Polakovič

* 1963

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Polášková

Marie Polášková

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Josef Polišenský

* 1935

Border Guards, Sokol, 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, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Václav Polívka in his youth

Václav Polívka

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Volhynian Czechs, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, National minorities, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Polívka in 2022

Vladimír Polívka

* 1927

Volhynian Czechs, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, eastern front

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia and 2 more anniversaries

1945 - portrait

Jenovefa Poňuchálková

* 1924

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Slávek Popelka - photo taken at graduation

Jaroslav Popelka

* 1956

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relative of a political prisoner

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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Michal Popovec

Michal Popovec

* 1931

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Underage political prisoners and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Miroslav Pospíchal, 1962

Miroslav Pospíchal

* 1933

Victim of forced relocation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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