Stories of the 20th century

Post Bellum SK

Documentation project of Post Bellum SK that was funded by the Europe for Citizens Programme.

Jozef as a junior pilot

Ing. Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Jozef Moravanský

* 1936 †︎ 2021

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eva Mosnáková at young age

Eva Mosnáková

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people, Illegal border crossing

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 1 more anniversaries

Mária Mračnová, rod. Faithová

* 1946

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karol Mudrák

* 1924 †︎ unknown

Forced labour during the WW2, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Anton Mudrončík - photo from criminal military service (1952)

Anton Mudrončík

* 1929

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Witness Ján Múdry in 1980

Jozef Múdry

* 1943

Hungary, Communist official, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Kyra Munk Matuštík as an about 20 years old girl

Kyra Munk Matuštík

* 1959

Charter 77 signatory, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Michal Murin

* 1963

Art and censorship, The underground, Artists, A cultural celebrity

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

Margita Naďová as a young girl

Margita Naďová

* 1931

Holocaust, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

General (ret.) Svetozár Naďovič

* 1939

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 3 more anniversaries

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