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Václav Pek in the cabinetmaker's shop

Václav Pek

* 1948

Romania, Czechs from Banat, Representative of the Church, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka

Miloslav Pelcl, PTP, 1951

Miloslav Pelcl

* 1928

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Vit Pelikan historical photography

Vít Pelikán

* 1953

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad and 4 more anniversaries

Marie Pelikánová at the age of eighteen

Marie Pelikánová

* 1949

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner

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

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

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