Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Růžena Píčová in her daughter's flat in Tábor in June 2021

Růžena Píčová

* 1919

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Pavel Pijáček, 2024

Ing. Pavel Pijáček

* 1940

Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jana Pikousová, née Matoulková; secondary medical school graduation photo

Jana Pikousová roz. Matoulková

* 1945

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Radio Free Europe, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

in the theatre Semafor

Eva Pilarová

* 1939 †︎ 2020

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Libuše Pilařová

academic painter Libuše Pilařová-Kverková

* 1928 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Artists

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zdenka Pilátová in May 2023

Zdenka Pilátová

* 1929

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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

Alena Pilchová, current photography

Alena Pilchová

* 1931

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jiří Pilka in 1944

PhDr. Jiří Pilka

* 1930 †︎ 2018

Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

Jan Pils

Jan Pils

* 1935 †︎ 2025

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Pinkava during studies and work in Prague, early 1950s

Josef Pinkava

* 1927

Forced labour during the WW2, 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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

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