1989 - The fall of the iron curtain | Memory of Nations

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

František Mikloško

František Mikloško

* 1947

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 4 more anniversaries

Jozef Mikloško

Jozef Mikloško

* 1939

Diplomat, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Antonín Mikšík - 1985

Antonín Mikšík

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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