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

Zdeněk Matuszek in 1977

Zdeněk Matuszek

* 1960

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Antoni Matuszkiewicz in 2022

Antoni Matuszkiewicz

* 1945

Poland, Art and censorship, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Czech Minority in Klodzko County (Poland)

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita

Bohuslav Matyáš, the 1960s

Mgr. Bohuslav Matyáš

* 1942 †︎ 2025

Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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

Josef Matyáš in 2021

RNDr., CSc. Josef Matyáš

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Witness Marián Matyáš during eyd recording

Marián Matyáš

* 1951

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Alice Mayerová on a trip in Prague - in a dress she made herself. In 1955

Alice Mayerová

* 1936

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

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie, school age

Marie Mayerová

* 1932

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Milada Mayerová in early 1950s

Milada Mayerová

* 1920

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, 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, 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 3 more anniversaries

Václav Mazalovský, 2025

Václav Mazalovský

* 1952

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

Stanislav Mazan, portrait from Eye Direct recording in April 2016

Stanislav Mazan

* 1934 †︎ 2019

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

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