Witnesses starting with letter P

Ladislav Petrželka in Vysoká Jedle, 1956

Ladislav Petrželka

* 1937

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Stanislava Petrželková with her parents Anna and Antonín Svoboda, Holešov, 1940

Stanislava Petrželková

* 1934

Sokol, 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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Hermína Petrželová, 2021

Hermína Petrželová

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ljuba in childhood

Ljuba Petrželová

* 1936

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Petýrek in 2011

Josef Petýrek

* 1937

Border Guards, Memory of vanished settlements

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 1 more anniversaries

Marianna Pevná

Marianna Pevná

* 1938

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

František Pevný

František Pevný

* 1921 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Mr. Jozef Pevný - year 2016

Jozef Pevný

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Political prisoner in WW2

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Karel Pexidr in an Auxiliary Technical Battalions (PTP) uniform; 1952

JUDr. Karel Pexidr

* 1929

Lawyer, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Writer, A cultural celebrity

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Alois Peyr

Alois Peyr

* 1935 †︎ 2025

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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