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Lenka Pěchová´s photo from the graduation board, 1970

Mgr. Lenka Pěchová

* 1951

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marta Pechová in a Sparta jersey in the 1970s

Ing. Marta Pechová

* 1952

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Pecková, 1942

Jana Pecková

* 1938

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Last carrier competition in Benecko region

Květoslava Pecková

* 1956

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Miroslava Pěčková around the 1st half of 1960s

Miroslava Pěčková

* 1942

Environmentalist, Gypsies / Roma, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Emil Pejša, ca. 1973-1974

Emil Pejša

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Václav Pek in the cabinetmaker's shop

Václav Pek

* 1948

Romania, Czechs from Banat, Representative of the Church, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka

Přemysl Pekárek / Ostrava / June 2018

Přemysl Pekárek

* 1943

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Family photo after father's release from prison, 1956

Zdeňka Pěkná

* 1946

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Ivan Pelant in Uherský Brod, first year at university, January 1963

Prof. RNDr. Ivan Pelant , DrSc.

* 1944

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

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