Art and censorship

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Doc. Eva Machková

* 1931 †︎ 2023

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Miroslav Machotka, photo for the Host magazine, 2000

Ing. Miroslav Machotka

* 1946

Relatives of important personalities, Radio Free Europe, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 3 more anniversaries

Marcela Maftoul in 2023

PhDr. Marcela Maftoul

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Art and censorship

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

Photograph of Miroslava Malecká-Svobodová from the second half of the 1930's.

Miroslava Malecká-Svobodová

* 1923

Secret police informer, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

J. Málek in 1957

Jan Málek

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Štěpán Málek, graduation photo, 1984

ak. soch. Mgr. Štěpán Málek

* 1966

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Ota Maňák in a picture from the primary school in Dolní Lutyně in 1966

Ota Maňák

* 1952

Gypsies / Roma, Art and censorship, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

On the stage of Zlín City Theatre, early 1990s

Mgr. Rostislav Marek

* 1961

Art and censorship, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Vlastimil Marek

Vlastimil Marek

* 1946 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

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

In Prague's Slavia Café, 1987

Major (ret.) Václav Marhoul

* 1960

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, War veteran after 1989, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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