Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) | Memory of Nations

During military service

Eduard Marek

* 1917 †︎ 2022

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2, Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Marek

Zdeněk Marek

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marta Marsinová

Marta Marsinová

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Four-year-old Jiří Martínek in Modřany

Ing. Jiří Martínek

* 1940

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relatives of important personalities, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Stanislav Mašek, graduation photo, 18 years old

Stanislav Mašek

* 1941

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Mastny during the conscription for military service

Jan Mastný

* 1925 †︎ 2025

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Fred Matal around 1948

Fred Matal

* 1928 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Mária .jpg (historic)

Mária Matejčíková

* 1931 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Miroslav Matějka v 50. letech 20. století

Miroslav Matějka

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Underage political prisoners, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. - 11. 10. 1950 - Trial against F.A.Stříteský, head of the piarist dormitory in Litomyšl and 2 more anniversaries

Young Jiří Materna

Jiří Materna

* 1932 †︎ 2010

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Underage political prisoners

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 1 more anniversaries

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