Witnesses starting with letter M

Evelina with her mother

Evelina Merová

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz and 1 more anniversaries

Augustin Merta in 1944

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Augustin Merta

* 1914 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Sokol

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Ing. František Merta

* 1944

Communist official, Border Guards, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jan Merta, 2024

Jan Merta

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Merta in eightees

Vladimír Merta

* 1946

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Mertensová / April 2016

Helena Mertensová

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

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