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Stating his position after 1968

Karel Pokorný

* 1933

Border Guards, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

passport photography

Karel Pokorný

* 1941

Emigrant, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Jiří Poláček in the cottage in Káraný in 1954

RNDr. Jiří Poláček

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Polanská Eva

Eva Polanská

* 1933

Boy Scouts, Sokol

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Zuzka Polesny Eggen, portrait in Mladá Boleslav

Zuzka Polesny Eggena

* 1938

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 7 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Josef Polišenský

* 1935

Border Guards, Sokol, 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, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jan Pollák

Jan Pollák

* 1930

Relatives of important personalities, Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 3 more anniversaries

Jaromír Pomahač during his military service, Prague, 1960

Jaromír Pomahač

* 1940

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Dagmar Popeláková

Dagmar Popeláková

* 1939

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Popelková

Marie Popelková

* 1931 †︎ unknown

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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