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

Bohumíra Matulíková with her children in Libya (around 1977)

Mgr. Bohumíra Matulíková

* 1947

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

Matuštíková Alena in 1966

Alena Matuštíková

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Zdeněk Matuszek in 1977

Zdeněk Matuszek

* 1960

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohuslav Matyáš, the 1960s

Mgr. Bohuslav Matyáš

* 1942 †︎ 2025

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Michal Matzenauer.jpg (historic)

Michal Matzenauer

* 1947

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Leoš Mayer at the end of August 1984 during the so-called military leave

Leoš Mayer

* 1964

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Anti-communist rebel, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 1 more anniversaries

Hana Mayerová in 2016

Hana Mayerová

* 1957

Israel/Palestine

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

Marie, school age

Marie Mayerová

* 1932

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Milada Mayerová in early 1950s

Milada Mayerová

* 1920

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, 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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Hana Mayerová rozená Cabicarová

Hana Mayerová rozená Cabicarová

* 1957

A secret police collaborator, Israel/Palestine, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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