Witnesses starting with letter P

1945 - portrait

Jenovefa Poňuchálková

* 1924

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Zoryan Popadyuk, Myroslav Marynovych and Oleksiy Smyrnov in 1987

Zoryan Popadyuk Зорян Попадюк

* 1953

Ukraine, Ukrainian Dissent, The Deportation of peoples in the Soviet Union, Politician

Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950

Jiří Popel

* 1955

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts and 5 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Dagmar Popeláková

Dagmar Popeláková

* 1939

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Slávek Popelka - photo taken at graduation

Jaroslav Popelka

* 1956

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

A group of scouts was entrusted with guarding German prisoners of war while filling in craters after the bombing of Pardubice airport - Vladimír Popelka, Pardubice, April 1946

Vladimír Popelka

* 1932

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Marie Popelková

Marie Popelková

* 1931 †︎ unknown

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Dimitrij Popjuk 23 years

Dimitrij Popjuk

* 1921 †︎ 2007

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, National minorities and 4 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

Štefan Popjuk

* 1915 †︎ unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, A communist interrogator, National minorities, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Petr Popov

Ing., Arch. Petr Popov

* 1940

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

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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