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Jan Pavlíček

* 1917 †︎ 2010

French Foreign Legion, Victim of forced relocation, Veteran of WW2, western front

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Květoslav Pavlík in his thirties

Květoslav Pavlík

* 1922

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Partisan, Hidden people, Sokol

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Hana Pavlů

Hana Pavlů

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 25. 11. 1940 - The Patria disaster

Second Lieutenant Jan Pavúk

* unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Contemporary photo

Vladimír Pechar

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Alena Pechová's high school graduation photo

Alena Pechová

* 1947

Relatives of important personalities, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Veteran of WW2, eastern front

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Lenka Pěchová´s photo from the graduation board, 1970

Mgr. Lenka Pěchová

* 1951

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 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

Emilie Pecová before war

Emílie Pecová

* 1922 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

J. Pek, a historical picture

Ing. Jaroslav Pek

* 1919 †︎ 2012

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Communist official and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

pekarek_vladimir_1940.jpg (historic)

Vladimír Pekárek

* 1913

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France

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