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Josef Maraczi in the late 1980s

Josef Maraczi

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Artists, Anti-communist rebel

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Luděk Marks in the 1980s
(Photo: archive of Martin Machovec)

Luděk Marks

* 1963

The underground, Dissident, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Writer and 5 more categories

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

Parents of Darina Martinovská Josef and Božena with the witness as a child

PaedDr. Darina Martinovská

* 1947

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Luisa Matoušková on a ČZ scooter during a promotional trip to Slovakia, 1950s

Luisa Matoušková

* 1930

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Artists

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Vlasta Matoušová working in her studio, the 1980s

Vlasta Matoušová

* 1955

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Portrait

František Maxera

* 1943

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Border Guards, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, The underground, Artists

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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

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

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

Jan Michálek, Jihlava, 1961

Jan Michálek

* 1935

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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