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

Rudolf Mihulka; the 60s

Rudolf Mihulka

* 1935

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Repatriated, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Ladislav Míka and Zdeněk Režný during the tenth year

Ladislav Míka

* 1941

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Otakar Mika in the second half of the 1980s as a maintenance worker in Cremona Luby. To the right of him stands his colleague Vlastimil Kohout

Otakar Mika

* 1953

Politician, Charter 77 signatory, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Mikan January 17, 1972 at the finish of the orienteering race

Ing. Vladimír Mikan

* 1948

Illegal border crossing, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Graduation photograph

Mgr. Jaromír Mikeš

* 1955

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Jiří Mikeš in 2019

Ing., Mgr. Jiří Mikeš

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Tomáš Mikeska at the age of 8 years

Tomáš Mikeska

* 1948

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

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

Alena Mikešová, eighteen years old

Alena Mikešová

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Eva Mikešová around 1952

Eva Mikešová

* 1937

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Witness with her parents in 1940

Marie Mikešová

* 1938

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

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