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Milouš Liška

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

18-years-old František Lízna, high-school graduation, city of Jevíčko

František Lízna

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 6 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jan Malášek in 2022

Jan Malášek

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Witness of local events from the Communist era

1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ioan Marin

* 1944

Romania, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in Romania

Stanislav Mazan, portrait from Eye Direct recording in April 2016

Stanislav Mazan

* 1934 †︎ 2019

A secret police agent, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Miloš Miltner as a private in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Miloš Miltner

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš and 2 more anniversaries

Hermina Musilová (1950)

Hermina Musilová

* 1928

National minorities, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Repatriated and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Mykola Mušinka

* 1936 †︎ 2024

National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Scientist, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Jiří Navrátil, 2017

Jiří Navrátil

* 1956

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Boy Scouts

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

Jan Obrman, 27 years old

Jan Obrman

* 1961

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing and 2 more categories

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

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