Border Guards | Memory of Nations

Josef Petýrek in 2011

Josef Petýrek

* 1937

Border Guards, Memory of vanished settlements

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 1 more anniversaries

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Miroslav Pilík

* 1937

Communist official, Border Guards

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

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

Milan Pokoradi during eyd recording

Milan Pokoradi

* 1948

Hungary, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII and 13 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 17 more anniversaries

Stating his position after 1968

Karel Pokorný

* 1933

Border Guards, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Josef Polišenský

* 1935

Border Guards, Sokol, 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, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Rudolf Potsch in the national jersey in 1958

Rudolf Potsch

* 1937

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, Border Guards

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

Jitka Rakovcová in 2020

Jitka Rakovcová

* 1947

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Senior lieutenant

Milan Richter , CSc.

* 1935

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 4 more anniversaries

Soldier in the Border Guard - 1966

Tomáš Rimpel

* 1946 †︎ 2024

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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