Witnesses starting with letter M

JUDr. Jan Mečíř in 1948

JUDr. Jan Mečíř

* 1921

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Eva Mečlová in 1955 in her graduation photo

Eva Mečlová

* 1938

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Med

Jaroslav Med

* 1932 †︎ 2018

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

picture after the War

Susanne Medas

* 1923

Emigrant, Holocaust, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Winton’s Children

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Period photograph from the war period

Ivo Medek

* 1936

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Artists and 1 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

As a young man at a conference

Ing. Vlastimír Medek

* 1926 †︎ 2020

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Hadis Medenčević, 18 January 2024

Hadis Medenčević

* 1968

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Refugee

1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Helena Medková (1960)

Helena Medková

* 1946

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 8 more anniversaries

Miloslava Medová, 1955

Miloslava Medová

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miroslav Meduna, 1941

Miroslav Meduna

* 1942

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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