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

Eva Hejlová-Merclová, 1944

Eva Merclová

* 1931

Underage political prisoners, The Children of Svatobořice, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

Emilie Slavomíra Měříčková

Emilie Slavomíra Měřičková

* 1930

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Měřínský, the Újezd teacher, 1965

Mgr. Vladimír Měřínský

* 1934 †︎ 2022

The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, western front, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 18. 4. 1945 - Zákřovský masakr and 9 more anniversaries

Helena Mertensová / April 2016

Helena Mertensová

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Mertoš_60s

Jan Mertoš

* 1923 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jolana Mezerová (en)

Jolana Mezerová

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Mezerová as a student

Marie Mezerová

* 1932

Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Marta Mezerová, 1951

Marta Mezerová

* 1941

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

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

Little Helena, 12 September 1939

Helena Mezlová

* 1939

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

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

Vladimír Michal

* 1961

Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 6 more anniversaries

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