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Manfred Matička in his youth

Manfred Matička

* 1938 †︎ 2024

National minorities, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Repatriated, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

During WWII in Baběnice by Prague

Ing. Milan Mátl

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé and 2 more categories

The liberation of the city of Wiena, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

Helena Matrasová, née Dercová, about 15 years old, Varnsdorf, circa 1950

Helena Matrasová

* 1935 †︎ 2026

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Slovak-Polish relations in years 1918 - 1945, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Milada Mayerová in early 1950s

Milada Mayerová

* 1920

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Merta, 2024

Jan Merta

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jolana Mezerová (en)

Jolana Mezerová

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

In the army in Cheb, 1969

Bedřich Michalec

* 1949

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marta Michálková with her father Jaroslav Bílek in Mezná, 1930s

Marta Michálková

* 1931

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Life along the Iron Curtain

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Olga Michalová in 1950

Olga Michalová

* 1930

Czech minority in the former USSR, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Repatriated, Relative of a political prisoner and 6 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 1939 - 1941 - The first Soviet occupation of Galicia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Rudolf Mihulka; the 60s

Rudolf Mihulka

* 1935

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Repatriated, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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