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Lukáš Matoušek in 2024

Lukáš Matoušek

* 1943

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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

Jitka Matoušková

Jitka Matoušková

* 1920 †︎ 2017

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) and 5 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

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

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

Anna Maurerová

Anna Maurerová

* 1924 †︎ 2018

A cultural celebrity, Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Tomáš Mazal in 1984

Tomáš Mazal

* 1956

Writer, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Jaroslav Med

Jaroslav Med

* 1932 †︎ 2018

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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

Jaromír Mergl in his youth

Jaromír Mergl

* 1962

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 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, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine and 1 more anniversaries

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