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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 †︎ 2025

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

Alois Peyr

Alois Peyr

* 1935 †︎ 2025

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of 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

Agnesa Piasecká during EYD recording.

Agnesa Piasecká

* 1954

Clergymen, Hungary, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 8 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 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 and 13 more anniversaries

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

Young Oldřich Pich

Captain (ret.) Oldřich Pich

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Wehrmacht soldier

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord

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