Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Karel Miláček

* 1932

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Friars and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

Graduation photo of Jiří Miler from 1978

Jiří Miler

* 1959

Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Emílie, graduation picture

Emílie Milerová

* 1936

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Gertruda Milerská (on the right) with her older sister Hanne in the late 1930s

Gertruda Milerská

* 1933

Holocaust, Political prisoner in WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

September 1939- occupation of the entire Upper Silesia by Germany, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

In the military in Holešov, 1968

Eduard Milka

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

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

Jaroslav Miller in 2023

Jaroslav Miller

* 1949

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Petr Miller speaking as a representative of workers, 1989

Petr Miller

* 1941

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Dagmar in 1954

Dagmar Millerová

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Jan Milota on the theatre stage

Jan Milota

* 1951

Journalist, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

With his wife and both daughters, early 1960s

Andrej Milták

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people, Farmer

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 4 more anniversaries

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