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Leoš Mlčák, high school graduation photo, Vsetín, 1967

PhDr. Leoš Mlčák

* 1948

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Jan Mlčoch

* 1953

The underground, Relatives of important personalities, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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

Jan Mohr in 2021

PhDr. Jan Mohr

* 1950

Historian, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Molnár in 1983

Tomáš Molnár

* 1961

Dissident, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiří Moravčík in the early 1990s

Jiří Moravčík

* 1957

Hungary, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Picture of Josef Motyčka, mid 1970s

Josef Motyčka

* 1944

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Karel Mráz telling his story for the Post Bellum project The Stories of Our Neighbours

Mgr. Karel Mráz

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans) and 5 more anniversaries

The witness during an arrest by State Security in Prague at the U Holečků restaurant during the 4th Charter Forum

Karel Mrázek

* 1957

Dissident, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted

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Jaroslava Mrázová

* 1935 †︎ 1935

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship, Déclassé

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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