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Cyril Michalica in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Cyril Michalica

* 1933

Illegal border crossing, Underage political prisoners, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 4 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Vladimír Mikan January 17, 1972 at the finish of the orienteering race

Ing. Vladimír Mikan

* 1948

Illegal border crossing, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Olha Volodymyrivna Minajeva, 11 February 2021

Olha Volodymyrivna Minajeva

* 1934

Ukraine, Illegal border crossing, National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Repatriated and 3 more categories

Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1947 - Population Transfers from the Ukrainian - Polish Borderlands, Ukraine in 1986–1991

Josef Mišák during the military service, 1951

Josef Mišák

* 1928

Bata school Graduate, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 7 more anniversaries

Dagmar Moravcová in 2022

Mgr. Dagmar Moravcová

* 1950

Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

About 1949, Tatiana Moravec Gard, Washington, D.C., USA

Tatiana Moravec Gard

* 1922 †︎ 2016

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

Kornel Morawiecki

Kornel Morawiecki

* 1941 †︎ 2019

Poland, Dissident, Illegal border crossing, Journalist, Anti-communist rebel and 1 more categories

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

Eva Mosnáková at young age

Eva Mosnáková

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people, Illegal border crossing

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Moťovič. Prague 1950´s

Antonín Moťovič

* 1927

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 8 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1941, August 27-28 - Mass murder of Jews in Kamianets Podolskyi and 1 more anniversaries

Karel Mráz, 2021

Karel Mráz

* 1940

Illegal border crossing, Farmer, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

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