25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR | Memory of Nations

Jiří Pilka in 1944

PhDr. Jiří Pilka

* 1930 †︎ 2018

Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

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

war picture

Colonel (ret.) Alois Píška

* 1920 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France

self-portrait 1946

MUDr. Vladimír Piskáček

* 1929

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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

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

Theodor Pištěk in 2017

Theodor Pištěk

* 1932 †︎ 2025

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Current photo of former football player Ján Pivarník, from filming in 2022, in Bratislava. (number one)

Ján Pivarník

* 1947

The Sportsmen

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Vilibald Plaček / first half of the 1950s

Vilibald Plaček

* 1937

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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