5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring | Memory of Nations

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

Bedřich Mikl in Australia, 1978

Bedřich Mikl

* 1962

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness Ľubomír Miklo during EyeDirect recoding

Ľubomír Miklo

* 1948

Communist official, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 6 more anniversaries

František Mikloško

František Mikloško

* 1947

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 3 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Mikoláš during the arrest

Josef Mikoláš

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Mikulenková, 1948

Marie Mikulenková

* 1927

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

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

With his wife and both daughters, early 1960s

Andrej Milták

* 1936

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

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

Miloš Miltner as a private in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Miloš Miltner

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš and 2 more anniversaries

Rajna Milunič Sopková in archive photography

Rajna Milunič Sopková

* 1945

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Relatives of important personalities, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 6 more anniversaries

Pavel Minář in 2024

Pavel Minář

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Historian

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat

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