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

František Příhoda in slalom at the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo

František Příhoda

* 1921 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Austria, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Hana Přikrylová at her graduation in Karolinum, 1969

Hana Přikrylová

* 1944

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Forced labour during the WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Valerie Princlová in the 1980s

Valerie Princlová

* 1932

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Procházka in his racing jersey

Petr Procházka

* 1964

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Doing his military service II, 1951-1953

Antonín Procházka

* 1929 †︎ 2023

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Bohumír Procházka at the Jan Žižka Military School in 1956

Ing. Bohumír Procházka

* 1940

Journalist, Writer, 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

At the military service, March 10, 1953

Jaromír Procházka

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a soldier

Jiří Procházka

* 1924

Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Jiří Procházka, soldier, 1955

Ing. Jiří Procházka

* 1933

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

As a young man

Ing. Ladislav Procházka

* 1933

Victim of forced relocation, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 3 more anniversaries

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