Witnesses starting with letter M

Alma Mestlová in 2024

Alma Mestlová

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Metyš - vězeňské foto.jpg (historic)

Ing. Karel Metyš

* 1932 †︎ 2018

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner, Underage political prisoners

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš and 2 more anniversaries

Doc. Ing. Josef Mevald , CSc.

* 1935 †︎ 2024

Scientist

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Joachim Mewes recording photo made in 2019

Joachim Mewes

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jolana Mezerová (en)

Jolana Mezerová

* 1934

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie Mezerová as a student

Marie Mezerová

* 1932

Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Marta Mezerová, 1951

Marta Mezerová

* 1941

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Little Helena, 12 September 1939

Helena Mezlová

* 1939

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans

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

Cut-out from an archival photo of Václav Mezřický

Doc.,JUDr. Václav Mezřický

* 1934 †︎ 2018

Boy Scouts, Lawyer, Environmentalist, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Jana Mičánková, née Vovsová

Jana Mičánková

* 1946

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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