Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

Nazism

Jaroslav Makrot 1944

Jaroslav Makrot

* 1926 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Květuše Malá, 1951

Květuše Malá

* 1932

The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Malach, historical photograph

Antonín Malach

* 1926 †︎ 2023

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Štefan Malaťák (1926-2010)

Štefan Malaťák

* 1926 †︎ 2010

National minorities, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Farmer

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Photograph of Miroslava Malecká-Svobodová from the second half of the 1930's.

Miroslava Malecká-Svobodová

* 1923

Secret police informer, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Malecký - 1956

Josef Malecký

* 1931 †︎ 2019

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Michal Malejko

* 1922 †︎ unknown

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 3. - 6. 11. 1943 - Battle of Kiev, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950

J. Málek in 1957

Jan Málek

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

málek dobový portrét.jpg (historic)

Václav Málek

* 1927 †︎ 2016

Representative of the Church, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Bohuslav Maleňák, mid 1950s, representative for Dukla Liberec in ski jumping.

Bohuslav Maleňák

* 1933

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

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