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Zdeněk Mandrholec, 2017

Zdeněk Mandrholec

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Miroslav Mánek, 1962

Pplk.v.v. Miroslav Mánek

* 1935

GDR - outgoing passengers, Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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Nguyễn Manh Cường

* 1962

National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Vietnamese minority in the Czech Republic, Vietnam

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Mannová in 1987

Marie Mannová

* 1944

Déclassé, Sokol, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Josef Maraczi in the late 1980s

Josef Maraczi

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Artists, Anti-communist rebel

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Lev Mařádek in 2022

Lev Mařádek

* 1925 †︎ 2022

Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Hana Mařanová wearing a folk costume, 1936

Hana Mařanová

* 1929

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, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Miloslav Marčan in 2024

Ing. Miloslav Marčan

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era

Jana Marco in 1985

Jana Marco

* 1966

Human Rights Defender, Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Relatives of important personalities and 3 more categories

Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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Jana Marcus roz. Natanová

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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