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František Pospíšil in the army service

František Pospíšil

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Red Army soldier

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miroslav Pospíšil - Auxiliary Technical Battalions, Rajhrad 1952

Miroslav Pospíšil

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

Eva Pospíšil-Hanušová in 2023

Eva Pospíšil-Hanušová

* 1930

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Zdenka Pospíšilová, Zlín, 2022

Zdenka Pospíšilová

* 1942

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Potměšilová

Eva Potměšilová

* 1960

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 2 more anniversaries

Helena Potočková

Helena Potočková

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Sudeten Germans

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Mária Potočná

* 1954

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 10 more anniversaries

Jarmila Potomáková in 2020

Jarmila Potomáková

* 1933

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Rudolf Potsch in the national jersey in 1958

Rudolf Potsch

* 1937

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, Border Guards

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josefa Povolná at the age of 18 in 1942

Josefa Povolná

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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