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

Ota Maňák in a picture from the primary school in Dolní Lutyně in 1966

Ota Maňák

* 1952

Gypsies / Roma, Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jan Mandelík, 1961

Ing. Jan Mandelík

* 1946

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Nobility and 1 more categories

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

Mandová Olga 2018

Mgr. Olga Mandová

* 1962

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

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

Vlasta Maněnová, Hrádeček, 1982

Vlasta Maněnová

* 1948

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted and 4 more anniversaries

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Nguyễn Manh Cường

* 1962

National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Vietnamese minority in the Czech Republic, Vietnam

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

Božena Mannová, 1957

Božena Mannová

* 1941

Writer, Scientist, University professor

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

Seventeen-year-old Petr R. Manoušek in the bell shop in Zbraslav, 1974

Petr Rudolf Manoušek

* 1957

Déclassé, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Josef Maraczi in the late 1980s

Josef Maraczi

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Artists, Anti-communist rebel

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Hana Mařanová wearing a folk costume, 1936

Hana Mařanová

* 1929

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Jana Marco in 1985

Jana Marco

* 1966

Human Rights Defender, Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Relatives of important personalities and 3 more categories

Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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