14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

14. 3. 1939

Dimitrij Lupej

Dimitrij Lupej

* 1917 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, National minorities, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989 and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR and 4 more anniversaries

Mayor Martin Mačok, born 1923

Martin Mačok

* 1923 †︎ 2007

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 6 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

Mádrová photo from prison

Eva Mádrová

* 1927 †︎ 2009

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victim of forced relocation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

Viktor Magdolen in RFE

Viktor Magdolen

* 1920

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

aviva.jpg (historic)

Aviva Magen

* 1926

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 2 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

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

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

Anna Mandelíková at young age

Anna Mandelíková (rod. Sidonová)

* 1942

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

Štefan Márton during university studies, early 1950s

MVDr. Štefan Márton

* 1932

Hungary, Historian, Holocaust, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities and 5 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest and 1 more anniversaries

Ján Medviď during recording in 2023

Ján Medviď

* 1946

Poland, Emigrant, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé and 8 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 11 more anniversaries

Statistics: 18341 Witnesses the Database; 10176 Witness Stories; 19180 Registered Researchers; 152292 Photos; 61872 Clips