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Anna Olga Markowitz in 2019

Mgr. Olga Anna Markowitz

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, A cultural celebrity, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Milena Markusová's graduation in the Municipal House in Prague, 1973

Milena Markusová

* 1948

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Martinec in his youth

Jaromír Martinec

* 1939 †︎ 2024

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Martinková, roz. Pastorková

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Parents of Darina Martinovská Josef and Božena with the witness as a child

PaedDr. Darina Martinovská

* 1947

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Věra Martinů (en)

Věra Martinů

* 1943

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Theresienstadt Ghetto

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

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

Zdena Mašínová, 2017

Zdena Mašínová

* 1933

Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Olga Mastníková in 1972

Olga Mastníková

* 1952

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

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

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