1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

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

Anna Mazalová at the age of sixteen

Anna Mazalová

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jana Mazalová

* 1921 †︎ 2020

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Miroslav Mazaný as elementary school student

Ing. Miroslav Mazaný

* 1938

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Death marches 1944-1945, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

In a miner's uniform

Jaroslav Mazura

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vladislav Mec

* unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Miloslava Medová, 1955

Miloslava Medová

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Ján Medviď during recording in 2023

Ján Medviď

* 1946

Poland, Emigrant, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé and 8 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 11 more anniversaries

Jan Meixner during the filming on 6 August 2020 in Staré Hobzí

Jan Meixner

* 1925 †︎ 2022

Sudeten Germans, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Wehrmacht soldier, Germany

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Meixnerová during her studies (1960)

Irena Meixnerová

* 1938

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Hidden people

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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