Witnesses starting with letter P

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Miroslav Pilík

* 1937

Communist official, Border Guards

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Jiří Pilka in 1944

PhDr. Jiří Pilka

* 1930 †︎ 2018

The Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), The relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

The witness in uniform

Mgr. Petr Pilný

* 1939 †︎ 2024

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Pils

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Astrid Pilz in 2021

Astrid Pilz

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall

Walter Pilz, Dresden, 2021

Walter Pilz

* 1932

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zdeněk Pinc, mid 1980s

Zdeněk Pinc

* 1945

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, University professor

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Grace Piney during the recording in Miami, 2017

Grace Piney

* 1973

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban dissident, Writer

Bedřich Pingitzer

Bedřich Pingitzer

* 1956

The underground

Josef Pinkava during studies and work in Prague, early 1950s

Josef Pinkava

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

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