University professor

Petr Pavlík portrait, Prague 1980

Doc. Petr Pavlík

* 1945

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship, Artists, University professor

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Vojtěch Petr with his son

Ing. Vojtěch Petr

* 1948

Sokol, University professor

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Zdeněk Pinc, mid 1980s

Zdeněk Pinc

* 1945

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, University professor

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Adolf Pintíř, 2012

Mons. Adolf Pintíř

* 1952

Catholic clerical, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Pithart 2017

Petr Pithart

* 1941

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities and 6 more categories

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Ladislav Plch standing as a model for his then girlfriend Kateřina Kučerová in 1970

Mgr. Ladislav Plch

* 1945

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Historian, Illegal border crossing, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Jan Poněšický, hospital in Horní Beřkovice

Doc. MUDr. PhDr. Jan Poněšický Ph.D.

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Emigrant, Writer, The underground and 1 more categories

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Ctirad Václav Pospíšil

Prof. ThDr. Ctirad Václav Pospíšil , Th.D.

* 1958 †︎ 2025

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Friars, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jaroslav Prášil at the distaff and spinning wheel, 1980s

Prof. Jaroslav Prášil

* 1946

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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