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

Jaromír Mergl in his youth

Jaromír Mergl

* 1962

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Merhautová, née Borecká

Marie Merhautová, rozená Borecká

* 1941

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Měřínský, the Újezd teacher, 1965

Mgr. Vladimír Měřínský

* 1934 †︎ 2022

The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Veteran of WW2, western front, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 18. 4. 1945 - Zákřovský masakr and 9 more anniversaries

Jan Merta, 2024

Jan Merta

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ing. František Merta

* 1944

Communist official, Border Guards, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Olga Mertlíková on Prague's Petřín Hill with her children in 1989

PhDr. Olga Mertlíková

* 1955

Historian, 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

contemporary photo of Jaroslava Mertlová

Jaroslava Mertlová

* 1935

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

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

Anna Mertová in 2020

Anna Mertová

* 1939

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Mervart, 1952.

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Josef Mervart

* 1932

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Měšt'ák in 2022

Doc. MUDr. Jan Měšťák , CSc.

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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