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

Ladislav Matějček in the theatre as Rumcajs

Ladislav Matějček

* 1959

Clergymen, 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

Milan Matějček, Prague, 2025

Ing. Milan Matějček

* 1935

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Mária .jpg (historic)

Mária Matejčíková

* 1931 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Witness during filming for Memory of Nations, 2023

Pavel Matějíček

* 1948

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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

Jan Matějíček in the military service, 1969

Jan Matějíček

* 1948

Lawyer, Sokol, 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

Ivan Matějka in his first role as a prince

Ing. Ivan Matějka

* 1936

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Zdena Matějová

Zdena Matějová

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

A portrait from the training center of NPP Dukovany in Brno, early 1980s

Dalibor Matějů

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, The topic of security forces before 1989

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

Radoslav Mather

Radoslav Mather

* 1928

Forced labour during the WW2, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Mathesová in 1966

Jaroslava Mathesová

* 1948

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

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

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