Sokol | Memory of Nations

Luděk Pícha

Luděk Pícha

* 1926

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Sokol, A secret police agent, Zpravodajská brigáda 1939 - 1945

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Marta Pinke, née Křivanová, circa 1946

Marta Pinke

* 1931

Austria, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Repatriated, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 3 more anniversaries

Colonel Jaroslav Piskáček

Ing., Colonel Jaroslav Piskáček

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Fights with Bandera's forces and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Piskáčková

Jaroslava Piskáčková

* 1935

Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Libuše, Nymburk, 1945

Libuše Pleskačová, roz. Bendlová

* 1926

People helping Jews during WWII, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Déclassé

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Death marches 1944-1945

Helena Pletichová, 2023

Helena Pletichová

* 1948

Sokol, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Ludmila Plhoňová in the age of 16

Ludmila Plhoňová

* 1934

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rudolf Plzák; 1967

Rudolf Plzák

* 1952

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sokol, 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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jiří Podivínský during the recording for Memory of Nations, Olomouc, 31 May 2022

MUDr. Jiří Podivínský

* 1938

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Sokol, National minorities

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Irena Podzimková, 1957

Irena Podzimková

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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