Sokol | Memory of Nations

Vlasta Palisová

* 1921

Sokol, Bata school Graduate

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Radim Palouš

Prof. PhDr., Dr. H. c. Radim Palouš

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol

Miloslava Pangrácová

Miloslava Pangrácová

* 1937

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Libuše Paukertová at the age of eight

Libuše Paukertová-Leharová

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Paumer as a member of US Army

Milan Paumer

* 1931 †︎ 2010

Anti-communist rebel, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

A photo of that time

Dagmara Pavlátová

* 1939

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Květoslav Pavlík in his thirties

Květoslav Pavlík

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Partisan, Hidden people, Sokol

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

As a soldier of the basic military service, 1962

Milan Pavlů

* 1939

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Writer and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 2 more anniversaries

Věra Pázlerová in 1960 (19 years old)

Ing. Věra Pázlerová

* 1941

Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, 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

Miroslava Pěčková around the 1st half of 1960s

Miroslava Pěčková

* 1942

Environmentalist, Gypsies / Roma, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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