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

Oldrich Plíva, 1964

Oldřich Plíva

* 1946

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ploc dobový portrét.jpg (historic)

Pavel Ploc

* 1964

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Pluhař / 1987

Zdeněk Pluhař

* 1959

Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Before leaving for Everest 1998

Jana Plulíková, rod. Benková

* 1966

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Erhard Pluške, 1950s

Erhard Pluške

* 1933

Germany, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Rudolf Plzák; 1967

Rudolf Plzák

* 1952

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Pňáček Štefan

Štefan Pňáček

* 1948

National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Repatriated, Memory of vanished settlements, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Štěpánka Počepická, late 1950s

Štěpánka Počepická

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, National minorities

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria

Ondrej Póda, 10 May 2019

Ondrej Póda

* 1931

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Podařilová (early 1980s)

Marie Podařilová

* 1936

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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