Witnesses starting with letter P

Karel Pičman at a youth gathering on Václavské náměstí, Prague, 1949

Karel Pičman

* 1933

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Růžena Píčová in her daughter's flat in Tábor in June 2021

Růžena Píčová

* 1919

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Picura - SNB

Ivan Picura

* 1923 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, A warder in a communist prison, The Partisan, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Marie Piherová in 2009

Marie Piherová

* 1925 †︎ unknown

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jan Pijáček in folk costume during the annual village feast. Ostrožská Nová Ves, first half of the 1960's

Jan Pijáček

* 1958

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Photo from legitimation

Josef Pijáček

* 1931

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

Pavel Pijáček, 2024

Ing. Pavel Pijáček

* 1940

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jaroslav Piják Jr. high school graduation photo, 1965

Jaroslav Jerry Pijak

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Milan Píka_dobová.jpg (historic)

Milan Píka

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Emigrant, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Royal Air Force

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka

Zdeněk Pika

* 1946

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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