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Koloman Mirga in 1965 / cut-out from his wedding photo

Koloman Mirga

* 1945

Gypsies / Roma

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Tichomir Mirkovič in 1945

Tichomir Mirkovič

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, National minorities, The Partisan, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Veteran of WW2, former Yugoslavia

6. 4. - 17. 4. 1941 Dubnová válka (Německý útok na Jugoslávii) , 20. 10. 1944 - 12. 4. 1945 - Srémská fronta , 20 October 1944 - Liberation of Belgrade, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Mišák during the military service, 1951

Josef Mišák

* 1928

Bata school Graduate, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 7 more anniversaries

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

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