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Jan Moudrý (sitting on the chair in the very front) during World War II with some of his family members

Jan Moudrý

* 1938

Germany, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, 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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

František Mráz in the army

František Mráz

* 1934

Hungarian from Transylvania, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Karel Mráz telling his story for the Post Bellum project The Stories of Our Neighbours

Mgr. Karel Mráz

* 1936 †︎ 2024

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans) and 5 more anniversaries

Helena Mrázová

Helena Mrázová

* 1926 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Bruno Mrovec in 2021

Bruno Mrovec

* 1934

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Muchina 1955.jpg (historic)

Ludmila Muchina

* 1947

Czech minority in the former USSR, Ukraine

Ukraine in 1986–1991

Jan Mühlstein in 1968

Dr. Jan Mühlstein

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, National minorities, Journalist, Israel/Palestine and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice and 9 more anniversaries

Christiane Müller as a young woman in Germany

Christiane Müller

* 1938

Apatrida - osoba bez státního občanství, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Germany

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

Irma Müller as a young woman

Irma Müller

* 1926

Emigrant, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Karel Müller, approximately 1950

Karel Müller

* 1942

Sudeten Germans, Farmer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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