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Ivan Ptáčník when he was six years old, 1965

Ing. Ivan Ptáčník

* 1961

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ileana Puig, 2021

Ileana Puig

* 1937

Cuba, Emigrant, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Exile, Cuban Political Prisoner and 2 more categories

Vilma Pupová (Hadwigerová)

Vilma Pupová

* 1928

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany

Lydie Beštová Maturitní fotografie (Půrová)

Mgr. Lydie Půrová

* 1932

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 7 more anniversaries

Medarda Pustajová in 1978

Medarda Pustajová

* 1954

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

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Marcela Pustinová in the late 1950s

Marcela Pustinová

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Věra Pytlíčková in her childhood

Věra Pytlíčková

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Photo from the investigation file of the secret state police (StB)

Vlasta Pytlíková

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Like a 7 years boy

Vladimír Rafaj

* 1931

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Soňa Rafajová, rod. Krúpová

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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