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Ida Menzinger, 1951

Ida Menzingerová

* 1931

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jaromír Mergl in his youth

Jaromír Mergl

* 1962

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Merhaut in 1978

Josef Merhaut

* 1959

Romania, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czechs from Banat and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

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

Katalin Mester in 1956 in Orosháza

Katalin Mester

* 1944

Hungary, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Déclassé

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Cut-out from an archival photo of Václav Mezřický

Doc.,JUDr. Václav Mezřický

* 1934 †︎ 2018

Boy Scouts, Lawyer, Environmentalist, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Marcel Miček in the 1980s, portrait

Marcel Miček

* 1943

The Sportsmen

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of 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

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

Konrad Micksch, Dresden, 2021

Konrad Micksch

* 1938

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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