Witnesses starting with letter P

Jaroslav Peterka_60s.JPG (historic)

Private Jaroslav Peterka

* 1925

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Relative of a political prisoner, People helping Jews during WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Karel Peterka in 1970s

Karel Peterka

* 1948

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Zdeňka Peterka around 1998

Zdeňka Peterka

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zuzana Peterová, a portrait

Zuzana Peterová

* 1950

National minorities, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, A cultural celebrity, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 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

Petík Ľudovit

Ľudovit Petík

* 1952

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma

Josef Petiška

Colonel Josef Petiška

* 1921 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Red Army soldier

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Antonín Petlach at a military service training in Bučovice, 1966

Ing. Antonín Petlach

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Jaromír Petlach

Jaromír Petlach

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Official in JZD, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

František Petlan in 2018

Professor František Petlan

* 1927

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Petr as the principal of the grammar school in Svitavy, 1960s

Jaroslav Petr

* 1923 †︎ 2019

Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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