25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR | Memory of Nations

Holy Communion. 1946

Jiřina Masná

* 1936

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Witness during filming for Memory of Nations, 2023

Pavel Matějíček

* 1948

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

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Matějka v 50. letech 20. století

Miroslav Matějka

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Underage political prisoners, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. - 11. 10. 1950 - Trial against F.A.Stříteský, head of the piarist dormitory in Litomyšl and 2 more anniversaries

Young Jiří Materna

Jiří Materna

* 1932 †︎ 2010

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Underage political prisoners

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 1 more anniversaries

Radoslav Mather

Radoslav Mather

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Eugen Matijenko

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Anti-communist rebel and 4 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass and 6 more anniversaries

During WWII in Baběnice by Prague

Ing. Milan Mátl

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé and 2 more categories

The liberation of the city of Wiena, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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 and 6 more anniversaries

Luisa Matlová (1946)

Luisa Matlová, roz. Štýrová

* 1916 †︎ 2020

French Foreign Legion, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sanitary worker during the World War 2, Relatives of important personalities, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaromír Matouš, 2023

Jaromír Matouš

* 1943

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Young Matouš

Miroslav Matouš

* 1921 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Non-Catholic clerical, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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