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Luděk Pícha

Luděk Pícha

* 1926

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Sokol, Zpravodajská brigáda 1939 - 1945, The topic of security forces before 1989

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Graduation photo, 1964

Ing. Oldřich Pleštil

* 1946

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Pospíšil in 1971

Ing. Jan Pospíšil

* 1944 †︎ 2025

Clergymen, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Volhynian Czechs, The topic of security forces before 1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, Palach Week and 1 more anniversaries

František Postupa with a scooter in 1954 in his native Hodonín near Nasavrky

František Postupa

* 1950

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Serbia, Poland, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Luděk Půlpitel during his military service, years 1956 - 1958

Ing., CSc Luděk Půlpitel

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The topic of security forces before 1989

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 10. – 7. 11. 1956 Suez Crisis, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Petr Rádl

Ing. Petr Rádl

* 1950

A secret police collaborator, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

řičica ze svazku.jpg (historic)

Jaroslav Řičica

* 1924 †︎ 2011

A communist interrogator, Forced labour during the WW2, The topic of security forces before 1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Petr Růžička, February 2023, Ústí nad Labem

Petr Růžička

* 1956

Boy Scouts, A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Sáblík Radoslav

Radoslav Sáblík

* 1924 †︎ 2015

Communist official, The topic of security forces before 1989

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Sabrsula, photo from the civil document

Jan Šabršula

* 1918 †︎ 2015

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Sokol, The topic of security forces before 1989

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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