Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Rudolf Mejsnar playing the violin (1940s)

Rudolf Mejsnar

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 8 more anniversaries

Alois Melich

Alois Melich

* 1930

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Melichar

Ing. arch. Jan Melichar

* 1934

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

Ludmila Melichaříková in 2024

Ludmila Melichaříková

* 1935

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Marie Melicharová

Marie Melicharová

* 1924 †︎ 2023

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia)

Anna Melková, 1945

Anna Melková

* 1925 †︎ 2025

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Eva Šašecí, married Melmuková, as a vicar in 1956

PhDr. Eva Melmuková

* 1932 †︎ 2022

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Historian, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 4 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - Arrests of Russian émigrés by the agents of SMERSH and 7 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Melšová, 2021

Jaroslava Melšová

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

sr. Petra Mendrošová - vintage photo (50´s)

Petra Mendrošová

* 1933

Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Member of an Illegal Church, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns

Selma Menezes

Selma Menezes

* 1935

Holocaust, Romania, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

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