Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

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

Michael Piatti-Fünfkirchen

Dr. Michael Piatti-Fünfkirchen

* 1955

Austria, Nobility, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Josef Picek in 2021

Mgr. Josef Picek

* 1938

Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 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

Libuše Picková in 1957

Libuše Picková

* 1939

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé and 8 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, Death marches 1944-1945, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans) and 2 more anniversaries

Karel Pičman at a youth gathering on Václavské náměstí, Prague, 1949

Karel Pičman

* 1933

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Pijáček in folk costume during the annual village feast. Ostrožská Nová Ves, first half of the 1960's

Jan Pijáček

* 1958

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Pijáček, 2024

Ing. Pavel Pijáček

* 1940

Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jaroslav Piják Jr. high school graduation photo, 1965

Jaroslav Jerry Pijak

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Zdeněk Pika

* 1946

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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