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

Photo from papers of State security

Jitka Malíková

* 1926 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Wedding photograph of Ladislava Malíková

Mgr. Ladislava Malíková

* 1968

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

A photo from 2019

Josef Malina

* 1959

Politician, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

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

Oliver Malina Morgenstern in the 1990s

Oliver Malina Morgenstern

* 1963

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Anti-communist rebel, The underground

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

Olga during the World War II

Olga Malinová

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Lubomír Malíšek in 2025

Lubomír Malíšek

* 1935

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Mališka (left), 1950

František Mališka

* 1935 †︎ unknown

Illegal border crossing, A communist interrogator, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivana Málková in 2020

Ivana Málková

* 1962

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Květa Málková in 2019

Květoslava Málková

* 1944

Member of an Illegal Church, Svědci Jehovovi, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

As a young boy, late 1970s

Professor Jan Malura

* 1971

Boy Scouts, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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