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

Vilem Míchal - 1963

Vilém Michal

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Michálek, Jihlava, 1961

Jan Michálek

* 1935

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Cyril Michalica in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Cyril Michalica

* 1933

Illegal border crossing, Underage political prisoners, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 4 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Marta Michálková with her father Jaroslav Bílek in Mezná, 1930s

Marta Michálková

* 1931

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eliška Michalská - 1967

Eliška Michalská

* 1932

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Witness Ľubomír Miklo during EyeDirect recoding

Ľubomír Miklo

* 1948

Communist official, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 6 more anniversaries

Karel Mikolín, 1944

Karel Mikolín

* 1924

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Mikšík

* 1935 †︎ 2020

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, 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

A photo of that time, Jiří Mikuláš in 1948

Ing. Jiří Mikuláš

* 1930

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Mikule

Josef Mikule

* 1923 †︎ 2018

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Forced labour during the WW2 and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden

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