Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Anton Pasternák

* 1948

Holocaust, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Prisoner of the Mauthausen concentration camp

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Pasternák Ivan

Ivan Pasternák

* 1944

Holocaust, Victim of forced relocation, Hidden people, University professor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vojtech Pastor dobova fotka.jpg (historic)

Vojtech Pastor

* 1939

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Filip Paulech - photo from student time (1948)

Filip Paulech

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ľubor Paulen

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Like soldier

Ján Paulíny

* 1929 †︎ 2024

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 4 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Vladimír Pešek

* 1940

National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Period photo

Eva Petras Figusch

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Witness Zora Petrášová

Mgr. Zora Petrášová

* 1955

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

Alfonz Petreje - photo from the time of criminal military service (1951)

Alfonz Petreje

* 1929 †︎ 2024

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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