Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Daniel Malyk in military uniform (1962)

Ing. Daniel Malyk

* 1943

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jan Malypetr

Ing., CSc Jan Malypetr

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Farmer and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Mandak orez.jpg (historic)

Mgr. František Mandák

* 1936

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Memory of vanished settlements

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Anna Mandelíková at young age

Anna Mandelíková (rod. Sidonová)

* 1942

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Mandrholec, 2017

Zdeněk Mandrholec

* 1930 †︎ 2023

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Miroslav Mánek, 1962

Pplk.v.v. Miroslav Mánek

* 1935

GDR - outgoing passengers, Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 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

Lev Mařádek in 2022

Lev Mařádek

* 1925 †︎ 2022

Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, The liberation of the city of Ostrava

Hana Mařanová wearing a folk costume, 1936

Hana Mařanová

* 1929

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, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

Jindřich Marek in a wedding photo from 1964 with his wife Libuše

Jindřich Marek

* 1941 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Marek in 1948

Jan Marek

* 1928

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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