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Miroslav Marusjak, photo on ID card - 1975

Miroslav Marusjak

* 1960

Dissident, Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Writer, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 4 more anniversaries

Radoslav Mather

Radoslav Mather

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Vlastislav Matoušek

Doc. Mgr., Ph.D. Vlastislav Matoušek

* 1948

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

High school graduation photo

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Augustín Maťovčík

* 1937

Historian, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Writer, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Antoni Matuszkiewicz in 2022

Antoni Matuszkiewicz

* 1945

Poland, Art and censorship, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland)

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita

Bohuslav Matyáš, the 1960s

Mgr. Bohuslav Matyáš

* 1942 †︎ 2025

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Michal Matzenauer.jpg (historic)

Michal Matzenauer

* 1947

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Leoš Mayer at the end of August 1984 during the so-called military leave

Leoš Mayer

* 1964

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Anti-communist rebel, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Mazánek

Ing. Jiří Mazánek

* 1952

Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Period photograph from the war period

Ivo Medek

* 1936

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Artists and 1 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

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