Witnesses starting with letter M

A contemporary portrait from the break of the 1960s and 1970s

Hartmut Moškoř

* 1929

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Portrait of Ivan Mošna, 1950s-1960s

Ivan Mošna

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Mosnáková at young age

Eva Mosnáková

* 1929 †︎ 2024

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people, Illegal border crossing

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State and 1 more anniversaries

Irena Mossler in 1956

Irena Mosslerová

* 1934

Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Wiktor Mostek

Wiktor Mostek

* 1929

Belarus, National minorities, Poles in the USSR 1945 - 1956

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Anna Stöhrová (Moštková)

Anna Moštková

* 1937 †︎ 2023

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Memory of vanished settlements

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

Old portrait

Petr Motejl

* 1946 †︎ 2022

Border Guards

Dalibor Motejlek (on the right) with Pavel Ploc, the 1980s, Harrachov

Dalibor Motejlek

* 1942

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan K. Motejlek with his mother, Hitlerjugend behind them, 1939.

Jan Květoslav Motejlek

* 1925

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Underage political prisoners

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Leoš Motl 2

Leoš Motl

* 1967

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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