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

Current photo - Boris Mlsna

Boris Mlsna

* 1962

The Sportsmen

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

Miroslav Mlynář, 1953.

Miroslav Mlynář

* 1938 †︎ 2025

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Young Imrich Močko

Imrich Močko

* 1920

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Adelina, 3 years old, with a doll in Moravian costume, Turda 1942

Adelina Mohrmannová

* 1939

Romania, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Herta Bernertová (Mondeková)

Herta Mondeková

* 1930

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

In a meadow outside Chrudim, summer of 1963

Adriena Morávková

* 1940

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Kornel Morawiecki

Kornel Morawiecki

* 1941 †︎ 2019

Poland, Dissident, Illegal border crossing, Journalist, Anti-communist rebel and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jiří Moskal, 1951

Jiří Moskal

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Picture of Josef Motyčka, mid 1970s

Josef Motyčka

* 1944

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

František Mráz in the army

František Mráz

* 1934

Hungarian from Transylvania, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

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