26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia

26. 5. 1946

Zbyněk Pišťák while in the air force - on leave in Mukačevo, 1937

Zbyněk Pišťák

* 1915 †︎ 2014

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Ludgarda Plačková, 1937

Ludgarda Plačková

* 1929

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Jiří Podivínský during the recording for Memory of Nations, Olomouc, 31 May 2022

MUDr. Jiří Podivínský

* 1938

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Sokol, National minorities

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Ivo Poduška as a youngster

Ivo Poduška

* 1936

The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 7 more anniversaries

Skaut Josef Podzimek (Egil)

Ing. Josef Podzimek

* 1937

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

Jiří Poláček in the cottage in Káraný in 1954

RNDr. Jiří Poláček

* 1938

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Zdenka Pospíšilová, portrait from 1938

Zdenka Pospíšilová

* 1933 †︎ 2023

Poland, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Radio Free Europe, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Miroslav Pravda

PhDr. Miroslav Pravda

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, University professor

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 17.4.-19.11. 1958 - EXPO 58 and 2 more anniversaries

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

R. P. as a young man

Richard Průcha

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Journalist

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

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