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Monsignor Jan Machač

* 1915 †︎ 2009

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Witness in the graduation photo (1950s)

Ing. Miroslav Machálek

* 1933

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Friars, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Josef Mádl, twenty-four years old

Josef Mádl

* 1960

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Oto Mádr

Oto Mádr

* 1917 †︎ 2011

Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Charter 77 signatory, Boy Scouts and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

M. Maixnerová - old foto

Marie Maixnerová

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

A period portrait photo of Vlastislav Maláč, Prague around 1945

Ing., CSc Vlastislav Maláč

* 1921 †︎ 2023

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 2 more categories

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Malár as a priest

Josef Malár

* 1925 †︎ 2010

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

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Václav Málek

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Representative of the Church, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Photo from papers of State security

Jitka Malíková

* 1926 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Antonie Málková

Antonie Málková

* 1923

Friars, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

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