Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Erika Perniková, 18 years old

Erika Perniková

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Stanislav Peroutka as a Scout in Velehrad

ThDr. Stanislav Peroutka

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jana Peroutková in 1956

Jana Peroutková

* 1939

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Tomáš Pertile, kolem roku 1959

Tomáš Pertile

* 1933 †︎ 2019

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Boris Perušič in the picture from the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo with the silver medal

Ing. Boris Perušič

* 1940

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Bohumil Pešák in the PTP

Bohumil Pešák

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Pešata

Josef Pešata

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anna Pešatová as a child

Anna Pešatová

* 1937

Member of an Illegal Church, Member of Orel, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 7 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 10 more anniversaries

Jiří Pešek in the uniform of the Auxiliary Engineering Corps (1954)

Jiří Pešek

* 1930

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

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Working on the model of Český Krumlov, 2nd half of the 1970s

Ing., Arch. Petr Pešek

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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