Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Věra Machálková in the times of Junák's first re-establishment

Věra Machálková

* 1927

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ludmila Machalová, a photo of that time

Ludmila Machalová

* 1927

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Štěpán Machart, mandatory military service, enlistment, Prešov 1969

Štěpán Machart

* 1950

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Samuel Machek’s high school graduation photo, 1951

Samuel Machek

* 1932

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

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Doc. Eva Machková

* 1931 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Zdena as a young woman, Kraslice region, around 1960

Zdena Machková, roz. Kubíková

* 1941

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Repatriated and 1 more categories

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

Žofie Machničová 2018

Žofie Machničová

* 1922

National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

Erna Machová at the age of 40 when she worked in a legal department. 1972

JUDr. Erna Machová

* 1932

Déclassé, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Naděžda Machová, 1970s

Naděžda Machová

* 1930

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Cecilie Machovčáková, the first holy communion, probably 1950s

Cecilie Machovčáková

* 1948

The Partisan, Relative of a political prisoner, Gypsies / Roma, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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