Witnesses starting with letter M

Olga Mertlíková on Prague's Petřín Hill with her children in 1989

PhDr. Olga Mertlíková

* 1955

Historian, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

contemporary photo of Jaroslava Mertlová

Jaroslava Mertlová

* 1935

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Mertoš_60s

Jan Mertoš

* 1923 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Participant in antifascist resistance, The Partisan, Slovak army soldier during 1939 - 1945

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Anna Mertová in 2020

Anna Mertová

* 1939

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks and 3 more anniversaries

Josef Merunka - contemporary portrait (detail)

Josef Merunka

* 1890 †︎ 1979

Josef Mervart, 1952.

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Josef Mervart

* 1932

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

Mervartová Alena

Alena Mervartová

* 1938

Paměť českých neslyšících

Jan Mesarč at the graduation table, 1975

Jan Mesarč

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Illustrative photograph of women from the ranks of Czechoslovak combat medics

Vasilina Mesárová, rozená Ljachová

* 1922

Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Juraj Mesík

* 1962

Environmentalist, Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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