19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

19. 11. 1968-21. 11. 1968

Petr Pavlík portrait, Prague 1980

Doc. Petr Pavlík

* 1945

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship, Artists, University professor

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

From the play Zločin a trest (Crime and punishment) in the J. K. Tyl theatre

Pavel Pavlovský

* 1944

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r and 8 more anniversaries

Vojtěch Petr with his son

Ing. Vojtěch Petr

* 1948

Sokol, University professor

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Pevný

František Pevný

* 1921 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

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

Eliška Polanecká in the jacket with US label

Eliška Polanecká

* 1945

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Prášil at the distaff and spinning wheel, 1980s

Prof. Jaroslav Prášil

* 1946

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, University professor and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Rádl

Ing. Petr Rádl

* 1950

A secret police collaborator, A secret police agent, Secret police informer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Current photo

Ing. Pavel Řehák

* 1935

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Witness in the Giant Mountains, 1970

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Marcel Rejmánek

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Scientist, University professor, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 4 more anniversaries

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