Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Emílie Prošková, recording session with Memory of Nation, May 2023

Emilie Prošková

* 1936

Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Protivánková in 2023

Eva Protivánková

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Prüher, 2019

Jan Prüher

* 1933

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

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

Little Josef Ptacek in the garden in Studena (1951)

Josef Ptáček

* 1946

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

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

Ivan Ptáčník when he was six years old, 1965

Ing. Ivan Ptáčník

* 1961

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Elvíra v 16 letech

Elvíra Ptáková roz. Filipovičová

* 1934

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 8 January 1941 - 27 January 1944 Siege of Leningrad, 1936 - 1938 - Great Terror in the USSR and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Pucharová née Freislebenová around 1950

Marie Pucharová

* 1934

Sudeten Germans, 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, 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

Dana Puchnarová in 1978.

Doc. Dana Puchnarová

* 1938 †︎ 2025

Charter 77 signatory, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Luděk Půlpitel during his military service, years 1956 - 1958

Ing., CSc Luděk Půlpitel

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The topic of security forces before 1989

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 10. – 7. 11. 1956 Suez Crisis, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Vilma Pupová (Hadwigerová)

Vilma Pupová

* 1928

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany

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