21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

21. 8. 1968

Prosper Pajtinka

* 1926

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Portrét Petr Pakosta, rok 1959

Petr Pakosta

* 1938 †︎ 2022

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Environmentalist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Vlasta Pakostová

Vlasta Pakostová

* 1935 †︎ 2020

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Palarčík, early 90s

Petr Palarčík

* 1963

Dissident, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Artists, The underground

5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 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, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Oldřich Palata in uniform during his university military training at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University in Prague, 1963

Oldřich Palata

* 1943

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

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

Hana Palcová, USA 1968

Hana Palcová

* 1946

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Gypsies / Roma and 1 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Emil Paleček

Emil Paleček

* 1930 †︎ 2018

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Graduation photo of Oldřich Páleníček - Industrial School of Water Economy, June 1959

PaedDr. Oldřich Páleníček

* 1941

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

František Palička

František Palička

* 1939 †︎ 2017

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Boy Scouts, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Anna Paličková

Anna Paličková

* 1941

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

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