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František Příhoda in slalom at the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo

František Příhoda

* 1921 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Austria, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Procházka in his racing jersey

Petr Procházka

* 1964

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír "Chafer" Procházka II., 1970

Vladimír Procházka

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Štefan Prónay during recording

Štefan Prónay

* 1950

The Sportsmen

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Věra Protivová

Věra Protivová

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Tibor Puha at the time when he was boxing.

Tibor Puha

* 1958

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ivo Raab with Anna Hönigová

Ivo Raab

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Boy Scouts, Holocaust, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945 and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Rainer vin his youth

Jaroslav Rainer

* 1940

The Sportsmen

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 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

Randák Otakar

Otakar Randák

* 1926 †︎ 2019

People connected to the ČIN magazine (scouts), Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts and 6 more categories

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Miroslav Rehák

Miroslav Rehák

* 1935

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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