Stories of the 20th Century TV

Post Bellum / Hlavní město Praha / Česká televize

The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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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

Hugo Marom 1948

Hugo Marom

* 1928 †︎ 2018

Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Winton’s Children, Royal Air Force

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1948 – Action "DI" (Confidential: Israel), 1948 Arab–Israeli War

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

In times of greatest fame, in Czechoslovakia in the 1970s

Ing. Rony Marton

* 1943

Apatrida - osoba bez státního občanství, National minorities, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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

Miloslav Masopust

General (ret.) Miloslav Masopust

* 1924 †︎ 2026

Holocaust, National minorities, Sokol, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Matějček, Prague, 2025

Ing. Milan Matějček

* 1935

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

A portrait from the training center of NPP Dukovany in Brno, early 1980s

Dalibor Matějů

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Matějů

Milan Matějů

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Anti-communist rebel

9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

Dragoljub Matić at the time of the interview (June 2025)

Dragoljub Matić

* 1945

Diplomat, Journalist

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split

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