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Malý Jindřich Prach with his mother

Jindřich Prach

* 1933 †︎ 2023

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

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

Vladimír Prchal, historical photograph

Vladimír Prchal

* 1922

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Marie Prchalová during adolescence

Marie Prchalová

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Witness as 18 years old

Jan Přeučil

* 1937

Communist official, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial and 4 more anniversaries

Eugen Příbaň, 2022

MUDr. Eugen Příbaň

* 1935

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 3 more anniversaries

Slávek Přibil in 1950s

Slávek Přibil

* 1926

National minorities, The Partisan, Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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

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