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Blažena Plesarová in her youth

Blažena Plesarová

* 1929

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Libuše, Nymburk, 1945

Libuše Pleskačová, roz. Bendlová

* 1926

People helping Jews during WWII, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Déclassé

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Death marches 1944-1945

Photo from youth, around 1959

Jaroslav Pleva

* 1939

Hidden people, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Witness Josef Plíhal in military uniform, with his then-partner Věra, 1960s

Josef Plíhal

* 1946

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Plíšek's wedding photo from 1961

Prom. ped. Jaroslav Plíšek

* 1937

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 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

Oldrich Plíva, 1964

Oldřich Plíva

* 1946

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

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

In the uniform of first lieutenant - 1965

Dalibor Plšek

* 1939

Border Guards

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

Erhard Pluške, 1950s

Erhard Pluške

* 1933

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Taťjana Podhajská

Taťjana Podhajská, roz. Kogramš

* 1926

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Belarus

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Nineteen-year-old Erna Podhorská, née Dejmalová, in 1949

Erna Podhorská

* 1930

Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Repatriated, Emigrants from Russia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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