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Petr Pithart 2017

Petr Pithart

* 1941

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities and 6 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Miloš Plachta, student years, late 1950s

Miloš Plachta

* 1941

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in 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

Skaut Josef Podzimek (Egil)

Ing. Josef Podzimek

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Stanislav Pohořal

Stanislav Pohořal

* 1947

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna in the labour camp, Glashütte, 1944

Anna Pokorná

* 1924 †︎ 2020

Communist official, Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Zuzka Polesny Eggen, portrait in Mladá Boleslav

Zuzka Polesny Eggena

* 1938

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 7 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

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Miroslav Polreich

* 1931 †︎ 2019

Diplomat, Déclassé

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

Dagmar Popeláková

Dagmar Popeláková

* 1939

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Olga Porkertova, 1948, photo from dancing lessons

Olga Porkertová

* 1933

Sokol, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, The Sportsmen, Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner

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

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