Life along the Iron Curtain | Memory of Nations

Robert Polách in his youth

Robert Polách

* 1959

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Life along the Iron Curtain

Petr Polakovič (in the middle) before 2020 at the former Tomasch family homestead in Janov Dol

Ing. Petr Polakovič

* 1963

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Ernst Pollmann in 1980s

Ernst Pollmann

* 1933

Austria, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Václav Popp as an employee of the Horní Planá Forestry office at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s

Václav Popp

* 1940

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements, Life along the Iron Curtain

1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Rudolf Potsch in the national jersey in 1958

Rudolf Potsch

* 1937

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, Border Guards

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Emil Pražan at the time when he lived in Žalhostice. 1934

Ing. Emil Pražan

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Forced labour during the WW2, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Preislerová, filming for Memory of Nations, 2022

Jaroslava Preislerová

* 1941

Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Ondřej Průcha

Ondřej Průcha

* 1954

Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Repatriated, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Pucharová née Freislebenová around 1950

Marie Pucharová

* 1934

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Two years old Sylva Puchingerová, née Trnková

Sylva Puchingerová

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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