9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

9. 5. 1960

Josef Podběra

* 1921

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, The Partisan

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Pospisil_prava.jpg (historic)

Jan Pospíšil

* 1916 †︎ 2010

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Dagmar Prochazkova, née Weitzenbauerova in 1948

PhDr. Dagmar Procházková

* 1925 †︎ unknown

Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , july 1938 - X. sokol slet's

Jaroslav Proche 2002

Jaroslav Proche

* 1942

Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Václav Pták

Václav Pták

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Věra Pytlíčková in her childhood

Věra Pytlíčková

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Like a 7 years boy

Vladimír Rafaj

* 1931

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Miloš Rataj (a period photograph)

Miloš Rataj

* 1939

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Ivan Renč in 1953

Ivan Renč

* 1937

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Marie Roszyncová in 1958

Marie Roszyncová

* 1941

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

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