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

Janko Martinkovic lights a cigarette for President Havel

Janko Martinkovič

* 1966

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Parents of Darina Martinovská Josef and Božena with the witness as a child

PaedDr. Darina Martinovská

* 1947

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Ivan Marton during eyd recording

Ivan Marton

* 1945

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Vasyl Ivanovyč Martynjuk

Vasyl Ivanovyč Martynjuk

* 1932

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The national, ethnic or religious minorities in Poland, Forced labour during the WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Structures of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (radio operators, partisans, etc.) and 5 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine and 5 more anniversaries

Warcislaw Martynowski in the 80s

Warcisław Martynowski

* 1945

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1947 - Population Transfers from the Ukrainian - Polish Borderlands, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

As a young man

August Masár

* 1942

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Mária Masařová / Ostrava / 1950s

Mária Masařová

* 1936 †︎ 2021

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Hadži

Ing. Jaroslav Mašek

* 1928 †︎ 2024

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Mašek, born in 1955 in Gerník

Josef Mašek

* 1955

Romania, Czechs from Banat, Czech minority in the Serbia, National minorities, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

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

Father Václav Mašek

Monsignor Václav Mašek

* 1941

Representative of the Church, A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Czechs from Banat, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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