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

On a walk with her mother, Prague, ca. 1944

Kristina Patočková

* 1941

National minorities, Relatives of important personalities, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial and 2 more anniversaries

Filip Paulech - photo from student time (1948)

Filip Paulech

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ľubor Paulen

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Stanislava Paulíčková at a wedding photo

Stanislava Paulíčková

* 1942

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Like soldier

Ján Paulíny

* 1929 †︎ 2024

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 4 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Dominik Paulovic, 1954

Dominik Paulovič

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, Fights with Bandera's forces, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Blanka Paulů at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, 1984

Mgr. Blanka Paulů

* 1954

The Sportsmen, 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

Miroslav Pavel, around 1979

Miroslav Pavel

* 1939

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 5 more anniversaries

Pavel Pavel, 80s

Ing. Pavel Pavel

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Nina Pavelčíková, 1967

Professor, PhDr. Nina Pavelčíková

* 1939

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

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