17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. 1989-29. 12. 1989

Ing., Arch. Boleslav Písařík

* 1924

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Colonel Jaroslav Piskáček

Ing., Colonel Jaroslav Piskáček

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Fights with Bandera's forces and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Piskáčková

Jaroslava Piskáčková

* 1935

Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Piskoř in 1980s

Jaromír Piskoř

* 1962

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Politician

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, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Václav Pišl after the military service at the beginning of 1970s

Václav Pišl

* 1948

Ukraine, Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Repatriated, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 8 January 1941 - 27 January 1944 Siege of Leningrad, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukraine in 1986–1991 and 2 more anniversaries

Milan “Fred” Pištek as a “mánička” in the early 1970s

Milan Pištěk

* 1956

Déclassé, Anti-communist rebel, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground and 5 more categories

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 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, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall and 1 more anniversaries

Photo from the 1980s

Stanislav Pitaš

* 1957

Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 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

Current photo of former football player Ján Pivarník, from filming in 2022, in Bratislava. (number one)

Ján Pivarník

* 1947

The Sportsmen

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

A meeting in a cultural club, František Pivoda, Hulín, probably December 1989

Ing. František Pivoda

* 1943

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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