New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945 | Memory of Nations

Hana's photo from her graduation photo board, 1957

Hana Pelikánová

* 1939

Poland, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

A historic photo of Jiřina Pešková, early 1950s

Jiřina Pešková

* 1933 †︎ 2026

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Sudeten Germans, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions

Marie Pešková, 1977, historical photography

Marie Pešková

* 1937

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Luboš Petřík in 1971

Ing. Luboš Petřík

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Petrželka in Vysoká Jedle, 1956

Ladislav Petrželka

* 1937

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Jana Pikousová, née Matoulková; secondary medical school graduation photo

Jana Pikousová roz. Matoulková

* 1945

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Radio Free Europe, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdeněk Piras in 2022

Zdeněk Piras

* 1952

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeňka Pivrncová in 1953

Zdeňka Pivrncová

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Portrait

Zdeňka Pižlová

* 1928

Relative of a political prisoner, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Blažena Plesarová in her youth

Blažena Plesarová

* 1929

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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