Memory of nations (in co-production with Czech television)

Česká televize

The recordings in this project were created on the basis of a co-production agreement concluded between Post Bellum o.p.s. and Czech Television. Further use of the recordings is possible only upon consultation with the chair of audio-visual projects of Post Bellum, Viktor Portel (viktor.portel@postbellum.cz, +420 605 858 396). The recordings were taken on two movie cameras in a mobile TV studio, using the Eye Direct technology.

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Contact: Viktor Portel (viktor.portel@postbellum.cz, +420 605 858 396).

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Helena Maršíková

* 1926 †︎ 2015

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Jan Mastny during the conscription for military service

Jan Mastný

* 1925

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), The relative of a political prisoner

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Jitka Matoušková

Jitka Matoušková

* 1920 †︎ 2017

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Journalist, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) and 5 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Stanislav Mazan, portrait from Eye Direct recording in April 2016

Stanislav Mazan

* 1934 †︎ 2019

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

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Withdrawal 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

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

Helena Medková (1960)

Helena Medková

* 1946

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 8 more anniversaries

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Ruth Meissner, roz. Haasová

* 1928 †︎ 2023

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 2 more anniversaries

Erna 50.years

Erna Meissnerová

* 1921 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Hugo Mensdorff-Pouilly in 2017

Hugo Mensdorff-Pouilly

* 1929 †︎ 2023

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Nobility, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Evelina with her mother

Evelina Merová

* 1930 †︎ 2024

Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Holocaust, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Theresienstadt Ghetto

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz and 1 more anniversaries

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