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Zdeněk Pinc, mid 1980s

Zdeněk Pinc

* 1945

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, University professor

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 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

Grace Piney during the recording in Miami, 2017

Grace Piney

* 1973

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Exile

Cuba after 1959

Jaromír Piskoř in 1980s

Jaromír Piskoř

* 1962

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

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, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Milan “Fred” Pištek as a “mánička” in the early 1970s

Milan Pištěk

* 1956

Déclassé, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 5 more categories

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 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, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall and 1 more anniversaries

August 1977, witness

Alena Pitašová

* 1955

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Petr Placák

Petr Placák

* 1964

Dissident, The underground, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, The Plastic People of the Universe

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 2 more anniversaries

Vojtěch Pokorný, 1991

Mgr. Vojtěch Pokorný

* 1971

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Charter 77 signatory

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jiří Popel

* 1955

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts and 5 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Slávek Popelka - photo taken at graduation

Jaroslav Popelka

* 1956

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

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