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Military service, České Budějovice, 1970s

Monsignor Jan Peňáz

* 1951

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 4 more anniversaries

Prof. Jaroslav Peprník, M.A., Ph.D. in 2018

Professor Jaroslav Peprník

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Stanislav Peroutka as a Scout in Velehrad

ThDr. Stanislav Peroutka

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Pešata

Josef Pešata

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anna Pešatová as a child

Anna Pešatová

* 1937

Member of an Illegal Church, Member of Orel, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 7 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 10 more anniversaries

Professor PhDr. Tomáš Petráček , Th.D.

* 1972

Representative of the Church, Historian, Catholic clerical, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Antonín Petružela

Colonel Antonín Petružela

* 1914

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Friars and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 2 more anniversaries

František Pevný

František Pevný

* 1921 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Agnesa Piasecká during EYD recording.

Agnesa Piasecká

* 1954

Clergymen, Hungary, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 8 more categories

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 13 more anniversaries

Adolf Pintíř, 2012

Mons. Adolf Pintíř

* 1952

Catholic clerical, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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