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Josef Mašín, 1950

Josef Mašín

* 1932

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Relatives of important personalities, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

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Eva Mašková

* 1937

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Matějček, Prague, 2025

Ing. Milan Matějček

* 1935

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

As a young woman, c. 1947

Anna Matějková

* 1925

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Blanka Matějková in her youth

Ing. Blanka Matějková

* 1931

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zdena Matějová

Zdena Matějová

* 1934

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

František Matějovský

* 1925 †︎ unknown

Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Czech minority in the former USSR, Holocaust, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2 and 9 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Matějů as Scout

Jaroslav Matějů

* 1927 †︎ 2018

Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Bernard Materne

Bernard Materne

* 1933

German minority in Poland after 1945, Poland

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Manfred Matička in his youth

Manfred Matička

* 1938 †︎ 2024

National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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