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Family photo after father's release from prison, 1956

Zdeňka Pěkná

* 1946

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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

Vit Pelikan historical photography

Vít Pelikán

* 1953

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 4 more anniversaries

Hana Pelikánová, nee. Balášová, graduation photo, 1978

Hana Pelikánová

* 1960

Dissident, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

Palach Week, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Marta Pelinka-Marková in 2021

Marta Pelinka-Marková

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Military service, České Budějovice, 1970s

Monsignor Jan Peňáz

* 1951

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 4 more anniversaries

Jiří Pergl 17 years old

Ing. Jiří Pergl

* 1925 †︎ 2015

Communist official, Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 3 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jana Peroutková in 1956

Jana Peroutková

* 1939

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Libor Pešek in 2017

Master of Fine Arts Libor Pešek

* 1933 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Jana Pešková, 80s

Jana Pešková

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

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

Zuzana Peterová, a portrait

Zuzana Peterová

* 1950

National minorities, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, A cultural celebrity, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 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

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