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František Miška (1925-26)

František Miška

* 1919 †︎ 2017

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 and 6 more anniversaries

Historical photo of Mária Mištinová Dřinekova

Mária Mištinová

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

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

Václav Mizera in a family photo from 1996

Václav Mizera

* 1947

Official in JZD, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Miroslav Mlynář, 1953.

Miroslav Mlynář

* 1938 †︎ 2025

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Květoslav Mocek in the military, 1961

Květoslav Mocek

* 1939

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Renata Möckl in Chodov, 1971

Renata Möcklová

* 1944

Sudeten Germans, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Moder in 1957 in Chodov

Josef Moder

* 1938

Germany, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Sudeten Germans

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

Adelina, 3 years old, with a doll in Moravian costume, Turda 1942

Adelina Mohrmannová

* 1939

Romania, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Mokrá

Jaroslava Mokrá

* 1930

Relative of a political prisoner, The Children of Svatobořice, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen

contemporary photograph

Josef Mokrý

* 1925

Catholic clerical, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

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

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