Relative of a political prisoner | Memory of Nations

1st grade of elementary school

Ing. Václav Lukavec

* 1938

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Rudolf Lux v roce 2019

Rudolf Lux

* 1939

Victim of forced relocation, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Otakar Mach, 1960

RNDr. Otakar Mach

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Maria Machálková (1950s)

Maria Machálková

* 1939 †︎ 2023

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Samuel Machek’s high school graduation photo, 1951

Samuel Machek

* 1932

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, 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, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Naděžda Machová, 1970s

Naděžda Machová

* 1930

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

SAM_9746cut.jpg (historic)

Zdena Machová, roz. Czechmanová

* 1931 †︎ 2021

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Cecilie Machovčáková, the first holy communion, probably 1950s

Cecilie Machovčáková

* 1948

The Partisan, Relative of a political prisoner, Gypsies / Roma, 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, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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