Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Blanka Pálková in her graduation photograph, 1950

MUDr. Blanka Pálková

* 1931 †︎ 2024

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Kostas Pandularis / 1955

Kostas Pandularis

* 1935

Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

28.10.194 - 23.4.1941 Greek- Italian war, 6.4. - 23.4.1941 Battle of Greece, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war

Jaroslav Pánek, circa 1937

Jaroslav Pánek

* 1926 †︎ 2025

Forced labour during the WW2, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Pánek during recording for Memory of Nations, 2023

Josef Pánek

* 1928

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 5 more anniversaries

Wedding photo from 1959

Hana Pangrácová

* 1938

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Miloslava Pangrácová

Miloslava Pangrácová

* 1937

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

In front of the family house in scout costume after the restoration of scouting, 1945

Milan Kryšpín Panoch

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hana Panušková at her youth

Hana Panušková

* 1940

Relatives of important personalities, 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, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Period photo of the witness

Ing. Miloš Panýr

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Forced labour during the WW2, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Rudolf Papík at the army, 1957

Rudolf Papík

* 1935 †︎ 2026

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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