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Eva Matoušková in 1948

Eva Matoušková

* 1929

Anti-communist rebel, Holocaust, Participant in antifascist resistance

Jaroslava Matoušková - graduation photo

Jaroslava Matoušková

* 1945

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jitka Matoušková

Jitka Matoušková

* 1920 †︎ 2017

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) and 5 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Jiří Matulák 1973_detail.jpg (historic)

Jiří Matulák

* 1927

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt

UNPROFOR mission

Jakub Matulík

* 1942

War veteran after 1989

24. 3. – 10. 6. 1999 - NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

Radomír Matulík

Radomír Matulík

* 1924 †︎ 2023

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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Sergeant Mikuláš Matuševský

* 1919 †︎ 2005

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier, People helping Jews during WWII

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Vojtěch Matyáš

* 1923

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Hungarian army soldier during 2WW

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Olga Mauleová

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Participant in antifascist resistance, National minorities, The Partisan, Czech minority in the former USSR, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války and 4 more categories

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine

Leoš Mayer at the end of August 1984 during the so-called military leave

Leoš Mayer

* 1964

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Anti-communist rebel, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 1 more anniversaries

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