Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989 | Memory of Nations

Jiří Louda

Colonel (ret.) Jiří Louda

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Dimitrij Lupej

Dimitrij Lupej

* 1917 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 4 more anniversaries

Pavel Mahdal (right) at a winter exercise in Dobrá Voda, 1985

Sergeant (ret.) Pavel Mahdal

* 1964

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

In Prague's Slavia Café, 1987

Major (ret.) Václav Marhoul

* 1960

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Kurt Markovič in his youth

Kurt Markovič

* 1917 †︎ 1991

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Holocaust, Veteran of WW2, eastern front

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo and 1 more anniversaries

Květoslav Mašita

Květoslav Mašita

* 1947

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, The Sportsmen

Josef Mervart, 1952.

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Josef Mervart

* 1932

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Michalica in 2022

Colonel (ret.) Mgr. Milan Michalica

* 1937

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karel Mikolín, 1944

Karel Mikolín

* 1924

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Ladislav Minář

Ladislav Minář

* 1925

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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