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

21. 8. 1968

Marie Poláková at practical training in Vrchlabí in the 1960s

Marie Poláková

* 1952

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jaroslava Poláková on archive photo

Jaroslava Poláková

* 1949

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

Marie Poláková in 1965/1966

Marie Poláková

* 1950

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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

Petr Polakovič (in the middle) before 2020 at the former Tomasch family homestead in Janov Dol

Ing. Petr Polakovič

* 1963

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Viliam Polakovic

Viliam Polakovič

* 1943

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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

Eliška Polanecká in the jacket with US label

Eliška Polanecká

* 1945

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, The 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

Karel Polanský, 1968

Karel Polanský

* 1945

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Young Jindřich

Jindřich Poledňa

* 1934

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

The witness with her daughter Maruska in the settlement of Pokrok in 1959

Marie Polívková

* 1939

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

The memorial at the age of sixteen

Pavel Polka

* 1952

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia

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

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