Relative of a political prisoner | Memory of Nations

Harry Pollak

Harry Pollak

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 1 more anniversaries

Rudolf Pompe -1952

Rudolf Pompe

* 1933

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

Žofie Popovičová- right, june 1945

Žofie Popovičová

* 1923 †︎ 2019

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Relative of a political prisoner, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 1 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alena Popperová, a portrait

Alena Popperová

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Relative of a political prisoner, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Hidden people

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

Věra Pošelužná going through her archive; 2024

Věra Pošelužná

* 1954

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Pospěch (2016)

Petr Pospěch

* 1938

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Pospíšil

* 1952

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Pospíšil in 1971

Ing. Jan Pospíšil

* 1944 †︎ 2025

Clergymen, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs, The topic of security forces before 1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, Palach Week and 1 more anniversaries

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