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Jan Marek in 1948

Jan Marek

* 1928

Farmer, 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

Pavel Marek in 2020

Pavel Marek

* 1929 †︎ 2022

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 2 more anniversaries

Pavel Marek in 2023

Pavel Marek

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov

Pavel Marek in 1972

Pavel Marek

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

On the stage of Zlín City Theatre, early 1990s

Mgr. Rostislav Marek

* 1961

Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Vlastimil Marek

Vlastimil Marek

* 1946 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Witness´ graduation photo, Nové Město nad Metují, 1958

Anna Marešová, roz. Kumpoštová

* 1940

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Industrial settler in border region in 60'

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1947 - Jamboree in France

During military service

Viliam Maretta

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jiří Marhan, 1951

Ing., CSc Jiří Marhan

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

In Prague's Slavia Café, 1987

Major (ret.) Václav Marhoul

* 1960

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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