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Eliška Melounová in 1968

Eliška Melounová

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

Augustin Merta in 1944

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Augustin Merta

* 1914 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Marie Mezerová as a student

Marie Mezerová

* 1932

Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Cyril Michalica in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Cyril Michalica

* 1933

Illegal border crossing, Underage political prisoners, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 4 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Eliška Michalská - 1967

Eliška Michalská

* 1932

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

A photo of that time, Jiří Mikuláš in 1948

Ing. Jiří Mikuláš

* 1930

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milatová Dana

Dana Milatová

* 1929

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 3 more anniversaries

Milan Milner

* 1926 †︎ unknown

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, The Partisan, Sokol, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Alois Molík

Alois Molík

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Witness during his military service, circa 1950

Ludvík Monsport

* 1925 †︎ 2026

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

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