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

Wedding, Ludgeřovice, 10 January1953

Marta Porubová

* 1936

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1940 - 1941 - Deportations of Poles to USSR , 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army and 3 more anniversaries

Věra Pošelužná going through her archive; 2024

Věra Pošelužná

* 1954

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Poslední in 1978

Jiří Poslední

* 1955

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

Petr Pospěch (2016)

Petr Pospěch

* 1938

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Photo from Ota Nepilý

Petr Pospíchal

* 1960

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Diplomat and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída and 5 more anniversaries

Portrait in 1960s

Marta Pospíchalová

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Zdeňka Pospíchalová

Zdeňka Pospíchalová

* 1933

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

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

František Pospíšil

* 1952

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Pospíšil, graduation photo

Jiří Pospíšil

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Pospíšil - contemporary photo from the gymnasium.

Monsignor Antonín Pospíšil

* 1925 †︎ 2021

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

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