8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII | Memory of Nations

Bohuslav Maleňák, mid 1950s, representative for Dukla Liberec in ski jumping.

Bohuslav Maleňák

* 1933 †︎ 2021

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Radomil Maléř / 1951

Radomil Maléř

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Olga during the World War II

Olga Malinová

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Lubomír Malíšek in 2025

Lubomír Malíšek

* 1935

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

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

malka.jpg (historic)

Chana Malka

* 1923 †︎ 2023

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, People helping Jews during WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Vlastimila Málková, born 1940

Vlastimila Málková

* 1940

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Fights with Bandera's forces, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Daniel Malyk in military uniform (1962)

Ing. Daniel Malyk

* 1943

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Malypetr

Ing., CSc Jan Malypetr

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Farmer and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Mandak orez.jpg (historic)

Mgr. František Mandák

* 1936

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Memory of vanished settlements

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miroslav Mánek, 1962

Pplk.v.v. Miroslav Mánek

* 1935

GDR - outgoing passengers, Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 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

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