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Portrait in 1960s

Marta Pospíchalová

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Růžena Pospíchalová (on the right) with her family in Kunratice 1949

Růžena Pospíchalová

* 1939

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Volhynian Czechs

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Zdeňka Pospíchalová

Zdeňka Pospíchalová

* 1933

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

Jiří Pospíšil, graduation photo

Jiří Pospíšil

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Pospíšil - contemporary photo from the gymnasium.

Monsignor Antonín Pospíšil

* 1925 †︎ 2021

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

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Josef Pospíšil

* 1941

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Leopold Pospíšil, 2016

Prof. PhDr., DrSc. Leopold Pospíšil

* 1923

Participant in antifascist resistance, Anti-communist rebel, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad

Eva Pospíšil-Hanušová in 2023

Eva Pospíšil-Hanušová

* 1930

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Věra Pospíšilová

Věra Pospíšilová

* 1935

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Zdenka Pospíšilová, Zlín, 2022

Zdenka Pospíšilová

* 1942

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

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