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Luděk Marks in the 1980s
(Photo: archive of Martin Machovec)

Luděk Marks

* 1963

The underground, Dissident, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Writer and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Brigitte Marksová in 1960

Brigitte Marksová

* 1941

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Milena Markusová's graduation in the Municipal House in Prague, 1973

Milena Markusová

* 1948

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Maršík was a member of the Mladá Boleslav mountain climbing club; they climbed rocks in Český ráj, the Tatras and even the Caucasus

Jiří Maršík

* 1951

Communist official, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Martinec in his youth

Jaromír Martinec

* 1939 †︎ 2024

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Martinec at the peak of his hockey career in 1976, when he became the best forward of the World Championships in Katowice

Mgr. Vladimír Martinec

* 1949

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Miroslav Martínek at a young age

Miroslav Martínek

* 1929

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Martínková, 40s

Marie Martínková

* 1923

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marie Martinková, roz. Pastorková

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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