Witnesses starting with letter P

Jan Podstatzky Lichtenstein as a young man, 1960

Hrabě Jan Podstatzky-Lichtenstein

* 1937

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Dagmar Podubecká

* 1926

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Ivo Poduška as a youngster

Ivo Poduška

* 1936

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 7 more anniversaries

Antonín Podzimek in his childhood

Antonín Podzimek

* 1949

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, The topic of security forces before 1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Skaut Josef Podzimek (Egil)

Ing. Josef Podzimek

* 1937

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Irena Podzimková, 1957

Irena Podzimková

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Richard Pogoda during the Memory of the Nations recording on April 1st, 2023, Olomouc

Richard Pogoda

* 1944

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pogosyan Mesrov

Lieutenant (ret.) Mesrov Pogosyan

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Red Army soldier, Soldier of the Soviet Army

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Jaroslav Pohan in 2022

Ing. Jaroslav Pohan

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Marie Pohlová, 2025

Marie Pohlová

* 1956

Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland)

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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