Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Pavel Pafko in 2022

M.D.Ph.D. Pavel Pafko

* 1940

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Eduard Pajdla in 2025

Mgr. Eduard Pajdla

* 1937

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Prosper Pajtinka

* 1926

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

František Pakandl

František Pakandl

* 1943

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Vlasta Pakostová

Vlasta Pakostová

* 1935 †︎ 2020

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Oldřich Palata in uniform during his university military training at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University in Prague, 1963

Oldřich Palata

* 1943

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

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

Soňa Palátová

Soňa Palátová

* 1927 †︎ 2019

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

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Jiří Palatý

* 1928

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Emil Paleček

Emil Paleček

* 1930 †︎ 2018

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Graduation photo of Oldřich Páleníček - Industrial School of Water Economy, June 1959

PaedDr. Oldřich Páleníček

* 1941

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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