21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops | Memory of Nations

Milan Máca in 2024

Milan Máca

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Macák

Prof. mgr. Jiří Macák

* 1939 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness in the military service, 1965

Otto Macák

* 1945

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans)

Monika Pajerová at the Wenceslas Square demonstration, November 1989

PhDr. Monika MacDonagh Pajerová

* 1966

Diplomat, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Witness at the time of his wedding

Hugo Macek

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

In the air force

Colonel (Ret.), Ing. Josef Macek

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Déclassé

23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Rudolf Macek funeral ceremony for Pika 2007 II

Colonel (ret.) Rudolf Macek

* 1925 †︎ 2012

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Jiří Mach in the military 1975

Mgr. Jiří Mach

* 1950

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Otakar Mach, 1960

RNDr. Otakar Mach

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vítězslav Mácha in 1976

Vítězslav Mácha

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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