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Vladimír Matoušek, 1940s

Ing., Arch. Vladimír Matoušek

* 1921

Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Déclassé and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vlastislav Matoušek

Doc. Mgr., Ph.D. Vlastislav Matoušek

* 1948

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

Jaroslava Matoušková - graduation photo

Jaroslava Matoušková

* 1945

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Marie Matoušková with her husband Vladimir, wedding photograph, 1972

Marie Matoušková

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vlasta Matoušová working in her studio, the 1980s

Vlasta Matoušová

* 1955

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Studentské pochody na Pražský hrad, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Helena Matrasová, née Dercová, about 15 years old, Varnsdorf, circa 1950

Helena Matrasová

* 1935 †︎ 2026

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Slovak-Polish relations in years 1918 - 1945, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Roman Matula, first half of the 1980s

Roman Matula

* 1961

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Bohumíra Matulíková with her children in Libya (around 1977)

Mgr. Bohumíra Matulíková

* 1947

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

Karel Matuška / 1957

Karel Matuška

* 1937

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Matuštíková Alena in 1966

Alena Matuštíková

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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