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Graduation photographs by Jaroslav Pátek, Pardubice, 1956

Mgr. Jaroslav Pátek

* 1938 †︎ 2024

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Jana Paterová's high school prom photography, 1954

Jana Paterová

* 1937

Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Pavlíček at the end of the 1950s

Jan Pavlíček

* 1934 †︎ 2025

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Pavlíčková

Marie Pavlíčková

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Pavlík portrait, Prague 1980

Doc. Petr Pavlík

* 1945

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship, Artists, University professor

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Milan Pavlištík in 2024

Milan Pavlištík

* 1963

Dissident, Art and censorship, The underground

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

From the play Zločin a trest (Crime and punishment) in the J. K. Tyl theatre

Pavel Pavlovský

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 8 more anniversaries

Hana Pechová, 1960s

Hana Pechová

* 1937

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Pěčová, 1977

Jiřina Pěčová

* 1940

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Emil Pejša, ca. 1973-1974

Emil Pejša

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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