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Karel Petráň

Karel Petráň

* 1957

Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Blanka Petrošová, 1973

Mgr. Blanka Petrošová

* 1972

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ariana Petrová at the time of graduation in 1961

Ariana Petrová

* 1943

Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Ladislav Petrželka in Vysoká Jedle, 1956

Ladislav Petrželka

* 1937

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Jan Pfeiffer, circa 1967

MUDr. Jan Pfeiffer

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Karel Pfeiffer_

Karel Pfeiffer

* 1936

National minorities, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 4 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Picek in period photo

Miroslav Picek

* 1941

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Memory of vanished settlements, The Partisan, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army and 6 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Libuše Picková in 1957

Libuše Picková

* 1939

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé and 8 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, Death marches 1944-1945, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans) and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Pilař, Strahov Club, 1980s

PaedDr. Jiří Pilař

* 1957

Life along the Iron Curtain, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

in the theatre Semafor

Eva Pilarová

* 1939 †︎ 2020

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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