March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

5. 3. 1953

Kamil Lhoták the younger, far left. Photograph from the 1970's

Kamil Lhoták

* 1941

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 8 more anniversaries

Hana Lobkowiczová, historical portrait

Hana Lobkowiczová

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

František Macháček - contemporary photo from gymnasium

Ing. František Macháček

* 1935

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death

Milada Machů, portrait, Slavičín 1945

Mgr. Milada Machů

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance and 3 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 2 more anniversaries

Anna Macková at the hop harvest in 1966

Anna Macková

* 1949

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Ivan Marton during eyd recording

Ivan Marton

* 1945

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Josip Dmytrovič Melnyk, a portrait

Josip Dmytrovič Melnyk

* 1930

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, The Partisan, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance and 6 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 6 more anniversaries

Josef Mikoláš during the arrest

Josef Mikoláš

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 1 more anniversaries

Jarmila Mikulášková at graduation in 1964

Jarmila Mikulášková

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 2 more anniversaries

Natálie Mikušková at boarding school

Natálie Mikušková

* 1947

Ukraine, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witness of local events from the Communist era

March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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