Witnesses starting with letter M

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

Eva Matoušková in 1948

Eva Matoušková

* 1929

Anti-communist rebel, Holocaust, Participant in antifascist resistance

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

Jitka Matoušková

Jitka Matoušková

* 1920 †︎ 2017

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) and 5 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Luisa Matoušková on a ČZ scooter during a promotional trip to Slovakia, 1950s

Luisa Matoušková

* 1930 †︎ 2025

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Artists

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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

High school graduation photo

Doc. PhDr., CSc. Augustín Maťovčík

* 1937

Historian, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Writer, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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

Helena Matrasová

* 1935

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

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