8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII | Memory of Nations

Emílie Prošková, recording session with Memory of Nation, May 2023

Emilie Prošková

* 1936

Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Protivánková in 2023

Eva Protivánková

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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

Ivan Ptáčník when he was six years old, 1965

Ing. Ivan Ptáčník

* 1961

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alois Pučalík

MUDr. Alois Pučalík

* 1932 †︎ 2012

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Pucharová née Freislebenová around 1950

Marie Pucharová

* 1934

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Luděk Půlpitel during his military service, years 1956 - 1958

Ing., CSc Luděk Půlpitel

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The topic of security forces before 1989

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 10. – 7. 11. 1956 Suez Crisis, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Liselotte Pultarová in 1948

Liselotte Pultarová

* 1929

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Repatriated

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Emil Pupik

Emil Pupik

* 1928

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation

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

Václav Půža, 1950s

Václav Půža

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945)

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 5 more anniversaries

Photo from the investigation file of the secret state police (StB)

Vlasta Pytlíková

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

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