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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

Marta Pechová in a Sparta jersey in the 1970s

Ing. Marta Pechová

* 1952

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Holocaust

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

Zdeněk Pecka in the Eye Direct studio in Prague, 23 October 2019

Ing., Major Zdeněk Pecka

* 1954

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Games of the XXIII Olympiad

Last carrier competition in Benecko region

Květoslava Pecková

* 1956

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

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

Photo from the graduation in 1980

RNDr. František Pelc

* 1962

Environmentalist, Politician, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Věra Pěničková on her way to school, 1940s

Věra Pěničková

* 1931

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Boris Perušič in the picture from the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo with the silver medal

Ing. Boris Perušič

* 1940

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Serbia

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

Luboš Petřík in 1971

Ing. Luboš Petřík

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Pištělák before the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in Rome, 1960

Vladimír Pištělák

* 1940

The Sportsmen

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

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