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Josef Petiška

Colonel Josef Petiška

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Red Army soldier

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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

Jaroslav Petr as the principal of the grammar school in Svitavy, 1960s

Jaroslav Petr

* 1923 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Miloslav Petráček in 1945

Miloslav Petráček

* 1925 †︎ 2011

The Partisan, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Veteran of WW2, eastern front

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Anton Petrák

Anton Petrák

* 1912 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Mojmír Petráň - 9. 7. 2018

Prof. MUDr., CSc. Mojmír Petráň

* 1923 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 4 more anniversaries

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Ing., Colonel Václav Petras

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Růžena Petrášová during the filming of the interview, March 2022

Růžena Petrášová

* 1926

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zuzana Petreje - 40´s

Zuzana Petreje

* 1923

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Cecílie as a lieutenant

Captain Cecílie Petrolínová

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Antonín Petružela

Colonel Antonín Petružela

* 1914

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Friars and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 2 more anniversaries

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