Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation | Memory of Nations

Pavel Mejsnar at Schola cantorum, Strahov Monastery, 1946. The tallest boy in the back

Pavel Mejsnar

* 1936

Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Jozef Melek - photo from school times (1948)

Jozef Melek

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Alois Melich

Alois Melich

* 1930

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Merhaut in 1978

Josef Merhaut

* 1959

Romania, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czechs from Banat and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Václav Merhaut, recording for Memory of Nations, Pilsen, December 2023

Václav Merhaut

* 1951

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Farmer

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Marie Merhautová, née Borecká

Marie Merhautová, rozená Borecká

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Jana Mičánková, née Kovářová, 1960s

Jana Mičánková

* 1945

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

In the army in Cheb, 1969

Bedřich Michalec

* 1949

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Witness with her parents in 1940

Marie Mikešová

* 1938

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

Statistics: 21307 Witnesses the Database; 12026 Witness Stories; 21929 Registered Researchers; 178873 Photos; 70693 Clips