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

Mária Masařová / Ostrava / 1950s

Mária Masařová

* 1936 †︎ 2021

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Stanislav Mašek, graduation photo, 18 years old

Stanislav Mašek

* 1941

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Father Václav Mašek

Monsignor Václav Mašek

* 1941

Representative of the Church, A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Czechs from Banat, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Václav Mašek in 2019

Ing. Václav Mašek

* 1941

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait of Jarmila Mašková, née Jílková

Jarmila Mašková

* 1933

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Alena Mašková, victory in the 1st year of Běh okolím Seče (Running around Seč)

Mgr. Alena Mašková

* 1955

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Politician, Sokol, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Eva Mašková

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Mastny during the conscription for military service

Jan Mastný

* 1925 †︎ 2025

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Fred Matal around 1948

Fred Matal

* 1928 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

David Matásek as a student, 1980s

David Matásek

* 1963

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, A cultural celebrity

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

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