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Karel Pexidr in an Auxiliary Technical Battalions (PTP) uniform; 1952

JUDr. Karel Pexidr

* 1929

Lawyer, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Writer, A cultural celebrity

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Zdeněk Pinc, mid 1980s

Zdeněk Pinc

* 1945

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Writer, University professor

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Pithart 2017

Petr Pithart

* 1941

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities and 6 more categories

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Ján Plachetka as a young man

Ing. Ján Plachetka

* 1945

Writer, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

Milan Pokoradi during eyd recording

Milan Pokoradi

* 1948

Hungary, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII and 13 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 17 more anniversaries

Miloš Pokorný

Miloš Pokorný

* 1931 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 7 more anniversaries

Jan Poněšický, hospital in Horní Beřkovice

Doc. MUDr. PhDr. Jan Poněšický Ph.D.

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Emigrant, Writer, The underground and 1 more categories

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Ctirad Václav Pospíšil

Prof. ThDr. Ctirad Václav Pospíšil , Th.D.

* 1958 †︎ 2025

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Friars, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

As a member of the Communist Party, 23 years old

Vilém Prečan

* 1933

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, Scientist, Writer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

Bohumír Procházka at the Jan Žižka Military School in 1956

Ing. Bohumír Procházka

* 1940

Journalist, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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