Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954) | Memory of Nations

Jaroslav Makrot 1944

Jaroslav Makrot

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Jiří Málek, 2017

PhDr. Jiří Málek

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Karol Manik_dobová_1.jpg (historic)

Karol Maník

* 1928

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Pavel Marek in 2020

Pavel Marek

* 1929 †︎ 2022

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 2 more anniversaries

As a young man

August Masár

* 1942

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

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

Jozef Melek - photo from school times (1948)

Jozef Melek

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Hugo Mensdorff-Pouilly in 2017

Hugo Mensdorff-Pouilly

* 1929 †︎ 2023

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Nobility, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

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

Vilem Míchal - 1963

Vilém Michal

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

László Mikecz, during an interview

László Mikecz

* 1931

Hungary, Victim of forced relocation, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

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