31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Anna Luptáková

Anna Luptáková

* 1940

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949), 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Vlasta Machová, 2021

Vlasta Machová

* 1947

The Sportsmen, 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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Stanislav Machů

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 4 more anniversaries

Karol Marko in 1950s

Karol Marko

* 1929

Bata school Graduate, 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, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Ivan Marton during eyd recording

Ivan Marton

* 1945

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

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

Witness Marián Matyáš during eyd recording

Marián Matyáš

* 1951

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Ján Medviď during recording in 2023

Ján Medviď

* 1946

Poland, Emigrant, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé and 8 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 11 more anniversaries

Václav Merhaut, recording for Memory of Nations, Pilsen, December 2023

Václav Merhaut

* 1951

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Juraj Mesík

* 1962

Environmentalist, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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