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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

Lubomír Mikulka in the forest administration

Lubomír Mikulka

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Zeev in the fifties

Zeev Miller

* 1934

Emigrant, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

With his wife and both daughters, early 1960s

Andrej Milták

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people, Farmer

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Rajna Milunič Sopková in archive photography

Rajna Milunič Sopková

* 1945

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Relatives of important personalities, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 6 more anniversaries

Pavel Minář in 2024

Pavel Minář

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Historian

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

František Miška (1925-26)

František Miška

* 1919 †︎ 2017

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 and 6 more anniversaries

Leoš Mlčák, high school graduation photo, Vsetín, 1967

PhDr. Leoš Mlčák

* 1948

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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