1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

1944-1945

Zdeněk Marek

Zdeněk Marek

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Emigrant, Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Witness´ graduation photo, Nové Město nad Metují, 1958

Anna Marešová, roz. Kumpoštová

* 1940

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Industrial settler in border region in 60'

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1947 - Jamboree in France

Václav Mařík in early childhood

Václav Mařík

* 1942

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karol Marko in 1950s

Karol Marko

* 1929

Bata school Graduate, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Jana Marková - portrait photography

Jana Marková

* 1930

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, The underground

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 21 more anniversaries

Emilie Marková

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, National minorities, Volhynian Czechs

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, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Kurt Markovič in his youth

Kurt Markovič

* 1917 †︎ 1991

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Holocaust, Veteran of WW2, eastern front

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, Deportations to the Far East, Siberia and North Kazachstan 1939–1941 and 1944–1950, Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo and 1 more anniversaries

Jaromír Martinec in his youth

Jaromír Martinec

* 1939 †︎ 2024

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Four-year-old Jiří Martínek in Modřany

Ing. Jiří Martínek

* 1940

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relatives of important personalities, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Miroslav Martínek at a young age

Miroslav Martínek

* 1929

Political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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