Witnesses of local events connected to WWII | Memory of Nations

Alice Mayerová on a trip in Prague - in a dress she made herself. In 1955

Alice Mayerová

* 1936

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

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marie, school age

Marie Mayerová

* 1932

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Milada Mayerová in early 1950s

Milada Mayerová

* 1920

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, 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, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 3 more anniversaries

Anna Mazalová at the age of sixteen

Anna Mazalová

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Jana Mazalová

* 1921 †︎ 2020

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Stanislav Mazan, portrait from Eye Direct recording in April 2016

Stanislav Mazan

* 1934 †︎ 2019

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A secret police collaborator, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Miroslav Mazaný as elementary school student

Ing. Miroslav Mazaný

* 1938

Communist official, 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, Death marches 1944-1945, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

In a miner's uniform

Jaroslav Mazura

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

mewchura orez.jpg (historic)

Pater Bohumil Měchura

* 1922 †︎ 2014

Representative of the Church, Sudeten Germans, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Eva Mečlová in 1955 in her graduation photo

Eva Mečlová

* 1938

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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