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

Nina Pavelčíková, 1967

Professor, PhDr. Nina Pavelčíková

* 1939

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Pavelec (en)

Bohuslav Pavelec

* 1937

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zdeněk Pavelka in 2020

Zdeněk Pavelka

* 1936

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Hana Pavelková during the filming

Hana Pavelková

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Pavlíček in his youth, 1950s

Josef Pavlíček

* 1937

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jarmila Pavlíčková

Jarmila Pavlíčková

* 1939

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

graduation photo

Jan Pavlík

* 1937

A cultural celebrity, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Writer

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Pavlík

Colonel (ret.) Josef Pavlík

* 1927 †︎ 2022

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Border Guards

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Růžena Pavlíková, a portrait

Růžena Pavlíková

* 1940

Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Věra Pavlovcová in her dance class graduation dress, early 1950s; her father was in prison in Valdice at the time

Věra Pavlovcová

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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