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Miloslava Medová, 1955

Miloslava Medová

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

Helmut Meewes as a boy in Berlin

Helmut Meewes

* 1929

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) and 3 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Death marches 1944-1945

Pavel Mejsnar at Schola cantorum, Strahov Monastery, 1946. The tallest boy in the back

Pavel Mejsnar

* 1936

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Rudolf Mejsnar playing the violin (1940s)

Rudolf Mejsnar

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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 and 8 more anniversaries

Alois Melich

Alois Melich

* 1930

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Ludmila Melichaříková in 2024

Ludmila Melichaříková

* 1935

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Evženie Meliková, 1944-1945

Captain (retired) Evženie Melíková

* 1924 †︎ 2011

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Holocaust and 5 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Melková, 1945

Anna Melková

* 1925 †︎ 2025

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslava Melšová, 2021

Jaroslava Melšová

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

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