The Sportsmen

Bohuslav Maleňák, mid 1950s, representative for Dukla Liberec in ski jumping.

Bohuslav Maleňák

* 1933

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jindřich Malý in 2021

Jindřich Malý

* 1957

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen

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

Vladimír Martinec at the peak of his hockey career in 1976, when he became the best forward of the World Championships in Katowice

Mgr. Vladimír Martinec

* 1949

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Václav Mašek in 2019

Ing. Václav Mašek

* 1941

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Květoslav Mašita

Květoslav Mašita

* 1947

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, The Sportsmen

Alena Mašková, victory in the 1st year of Běh okolím Seče (Running around Seč)

Mgr. Alena Mašková

* 1955

Czech minority in the former Yugoslavia, Politician, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Witness Marián Matyáš during eyd recording

Marián Matyáš

* 1951

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Сергей Медведев в студии Post Bellum

Mgr. professor PhDr., CSc. Sergej Medvedev Сергей Медведев

* 1966

Russia, Emigrant, Historian, Journalist, Radio Free Europe and 3 more categories

1936 - 1938 - Great Terror in the USSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

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

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Jaromír Meixner

* 1940

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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