15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR | Memory of Nations

Arrested by the gestapo

Jan Maršálek

* 1914 †︎ 2011

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Prisoner of the Mauthausen concentration camp

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

Miroslav Martínek at a young age

Miroslav Martínek

* 1929

Political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Hadži

Ing. Jaroslav Mašek

* 1928 †︎ 2024

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 5 more anniversaries

Ctirad Mašín in the late 1940s

Ctirad Mašín

* 1930 †︎ 2011

Anti-communist rebel, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Mašín, 1950

Josef Mašín

* 1932

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Relatives of important personalities, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Portrait of Jarmila Mašková, née Jílková

Jarmila Mašková

* 1933

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Mastny during the conscription for military service

Jan Mastný

* 1925 †︎ 2025

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

As a young woman, c. 1947

Anna Matějková

* 1925

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Radoslav Mather

Radoslav Mather

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Radomír Matulík

Radomír Matulík

* 1924 †︎ 2023

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 1 more anniversaries

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