17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

A portrait from the training center of NPP Dukovany in Brno, early 1980s

Dalibor Matějů

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, The topic of security forces before 1989

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

Jaroslava Mathesová in 1966

Jaroslava Mathesová

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Farmer

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

Dragoljub Matić at the time of the interview (June 2025)

Dragoljub Matić

* 1945

Diplomat, Journalist

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

During WWII in Baběnice by Prague

Ing. Milan Mátl

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé and 2 more categories

The liberation of the city of Wiena, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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 and 6 more anniversaries

Jiří Matouš in 1980s

Jiří Matouš

* 1950

Emigrant

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Matouš, 2023

Jaromír Matouš

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Matoušek with his brother's children, the late 1970s - the early 1980s

Jiří Matoušek

* 1961

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Matoušek and his dog

Josef Matoušek

* 1956

Environmentalist, Sudeten Germans, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Michal Matoušek, year 1955

Michal Matoušek

* 1953

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Vlastislav Matoušek

Doc. Mgr., Ph.D. Vlastislav Matoušek

* 1948

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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