Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Anna Podpěrová in 2023

Anna Podpěrová

* 1942

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The relative of a political prisoner, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Stanislav Pohořal

Stanislav Pohořal

* 1947

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

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

Milan Pohořely, contemporary portrait

doc. Ing.,CSc. Miloň Pohořelý

* 1926

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

MUDr. Dagmar Pohunková

* 1929

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 4 more anniversaries

Photo of Michael J. Pojezdný

Michael Josef Pojezdný

* 1943

Clergymen, Member of an Illegal Church, Catholic clerical, Friars, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Anna on graduation photo

Anna Pokorná, roz. Žďárská

* 1921

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jan Pokorný as a first-year student at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně Military Medical Academy in Hradec Králové (renamed VLVDÚ JEP in 1958), 1957

Doc. MUDr. Jan Pokorný , DrSc.

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Scientist

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miloš Pokorný

Miloš Pokorný

* 1931 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 7 more anniversaries

Martin Polák at the recording

MUDr. Martin Polák

* 1960

Holocaust

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jarmila Poláková, recording for Memory of Nations, August 2022

Jarmila Poláková

* 1956

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground

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. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

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