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

Janko Martinkovic lights a cigarette for President Havel

Janko Martinkovič

* 1966

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Parents of Darina Martinovská Josef and Božena with the witness as a child

PaedDr. Darina Martinovská

* 1947

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Ivan Marton during eyd recording

Ivan Marton

* 1945

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Miroslav Marusjak, photo on ID card - 1975

Miroslav Marusjak

* 1960

Dissident, Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Writer, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 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 , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 4 more anniversaries

Miroslav Masák in 1942

Miroslav Masák

* 1932

Dissident, Déclassé, Boy Scouts, Scientist, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

Václav Mašek in 2019

Ing. Václav Mašek

* 1941

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Alena Mašková, victory in the 1st year of Běh okolím Seče (Running around Seč)

Mgr. Alena Mašková

* 1955

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Politician, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Olga Mastníková in 1972

Olga Mastníková

* 1952

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

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