1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age | Memory of Nations

Miroslav Machotka, photo for the Host magazine, 2000

Ing. Miroslav Machotka

* 1946

Relatives of important personalities, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 3 more anniversaries

Erna Machová at the age of 40 when she worked in a legal department. 1972

JUDr. Erna Machová

* 1932

Déclassé, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

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Zdena Machová, roz. Czechmanová

* 1931 †︎ 2021

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Stanislav Machů

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Anna Macková at the hop harvest in 1966

Anna Macková

* 1949

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Maďar dobová foto.jpg (historic)

Štefan Maďar

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

1943 with code name Toman

Colonel (ret.) Vladimír Maděra

* 1917 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Oto Mádr

Oto Mádr

* 1917 †︎ 2011

Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Charter 77 signatory, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Mádrová photo from prison

Eva Mádrová

* 1927 †︎ 2009

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victim of forced relocation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Vlastimir Maier

Vlastimir Maier

* 1932

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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