5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

5. 1. 1968-21. 8. 1968

Michal Matzenauer.jpg (historic)

Michal Matzenauer

* 1947

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jiří Mazánek

Ing. Jiří Mazánek

* 1952

Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Non-Catholic clerical, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Med

Jaroslav Med

* 1932 †︎ 2018

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Period photograph from the war period

Ivo Medek

* 1936

Writer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Artists and 1 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

As a young man at a conference

Ing. Vlastimír Medek

* 1926 †︎ 2020

The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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

Ida Menzinger, 1951

Ida Menzingerová

* 1931

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Vladimír Měřínský, the Újezd teacher, 1965

Mgr. Vladimír Měřínský

* 1934 †︎ 2022

The Partisan, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Veteran of WW2, western front, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 18. 4. 1945 - Zákřovský masakr and 9 more anniversaries

Jan Merta, 2024

Jan Merta

* 1952

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Mervart, 1952.

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Josef Mervart

* 1932

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

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