Witnesses starting with letter M

Witness in the graduation photo (1950s)

Ing. Miroslav Machálek

* 1933

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Friars, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Emilie Machálková - 17 years old

Emílie Machálková

* 1926 †︎ 2017

A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Holocaust, Forced labour during the WW2 and 3 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Maria Machálková (1950s)

Maria Machálková

* 1939 †︎ 2023

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, 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

Věra Machálková in the times of Junák's first re-establishment

Věra Machálková

* 1927

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Machalová, a photo of that time

Ludmila Machalová

* 1927

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Velimir Macharáček in India

Velimír Macharáček

* 1915 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sanitary worker during the World War 2

1940 - The Battle of France, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Štěpán Machart, mandatory military service, enlistment, Prešov 1969

Štěpán Machart

* 1950

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Samuel Machek’s high school graduation photo, 1951

Samuel Machek

* 1932

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

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Doc. Eva Machková

* 1931 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Zdena as a young woman, Kraslice region, around 1960

Zdena Machková, roz. Kubíková

* 1941

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Repatriated and 1 more categories

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

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