Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

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

With the trophy

Juraj Pollák

* 1924

Emigrant, Holocaust, Hidden people, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ondrej Pöss with his mother Anna Pössová, née Schusterová, and his older brother Ján.

RNDr., CSc. Ondrej Pöss

* 1950

National minorities

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

Mária Potočná

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 10 more anniversaries

Dominik Praženica

* 1924

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Current photo of Irena Príkopská Macsiczová, number two.

Irena Príkopská Macsiczová

* 1931

Hungary, Apatrida - osoba bez státního občanství, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945 and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Príslupský.jpg (historic)

recruit Vladimír Príslupský

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

MVDr. Jaroslav Prokop

* 1925 †︎ 2023

Communist official, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Participant in antifascist resistance and 4 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

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

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

Witness Žarko Puhovski in 2022

Žarko Puhovski

* 1946

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