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S tetičkou v kojeneckém ústavu v Krči 1942-1943

Jiří Pitín

* 1942

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

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Bohdan Pivoňka in 2019, current photography

Bohdan Pivoňka

* 1940

Non-Catholic clerical, Charter 77 signatory, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Portrait

Zdeňka Pižlová

* 1928

The relative of a political prisoner, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Oldřich Plajner 2017

Oldřich Plajner

* 1931

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

actual photo

Jarmila Pláteníková

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Josef Pleskot in a graduation photo (1972)

Ing., Arch. Josef Pleskot

* 1952

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, Palach Week

Graduation photo, 1964

Ing. Oldřich Pleštil

* 1946

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, A secret police collaborator, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A secret police agent

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Pletichová, 2023

Helena Pletichová

* 1948

Sokol, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Alfréd Plocek, 1970's

Alfréd Plocek

* 1933

The relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions

Beaten by police (photo from 18 November, 1989)

Milan Podobský

* 1966

Journalist, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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