Emigrant | Memory of Nations

With the trophy

Juraj Pollák

* 1924

Emigrant, Holocaust, Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Poněšický, hospital in Horní Beřkovice

Doc. MUDr. PhDr. Jan Poněšický Ph.D.

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Emigrant, Writer, The underground and 1 more categories

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Jiří Popel

* 1955

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

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Lucie Poppová

* 1961

Emigrant, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eva Pospíšil-Hanušová in 2023

Eva Pospíšil-Hanušová

* 1930

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Martin Poživil after confirmation with his father at St. Wenceslas in Prague, 1960s

Martin Poživil

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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

As a member of the Communist Party, 23 years old

Vilém Prečan

* 1933

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Scientist, Writer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Abraham Pressburger and his wife

Abraham Pressburger

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Current photo of Irena Príkopská Macsiczová, number two.

Irena Príkopská Macsiczová

* 1931

Hungary, Apatrida - osoba bez státního občanství, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945 and 2 more categories

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Miroslav Procházka

Miroslav Procházka

* 1928

Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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