The Sportsmen

Věra Pěničková on her way to school, 1940s

Věra Pěničková

* 1931

Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Boris Perušič in the picture from the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo with the silver medal

Ing. Boris Perušič

* 1940

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Serbia

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Vladimír Pištělák before the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in Rome, 1960

Vladimír Pištělák

* 1940

The Sportsmen

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

Current photo of former football player Ján Pivarník, from filming in 2022, in Bratislava. (number one)

Ján Pivarník

* 1947

The Sportsmen

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ján Plachetka as a young man

Ing. Ján Plachetka

* 1945

Writer, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

Ploc dobový portrét.jpg (historic)

Pavel Ploc

* 1964

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Viliam Polakovic

Viliam Polakovič

* 1943

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Olga Porkertová, Liberec, 2024

Olga Porkertová

* 1933

Sokol, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, The Sportsmen, Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rudolf Potsch in the national jersey in 1958

Rudolf Potsch

* 1937

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, Border Guards

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

At the end of the 1970s, Pouzar was already a two-time world champion and a great support of the České Budějovice team

Jaroslav Pouzar

* 1952

The Sportsmen

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