Witnesses starting with letter M

Alois Matěj in his youth

Alois Matěj

* 1924

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Mária .jpg (historic)

Mária Matejčíková

* 1931 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Witness during filming for Memory of Nations, 2023

Pavel Matějíček

* 1948

The relative of a political prisoner, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Matějka v 50. letech 20. století

Miroslav Matějka

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Underage political prisoners, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. - 11. 10. 1950 - Trial against F.A.Stříteský, head of the piarist dormitory in Litomyšl and 2 more anniversaries

As a young woman, c. 1947

Anna Matějková

* 1925

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Zdena Matějová

Zdena Matějová

* 1934

People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

František Matějovský

* 1925 †︎ unknown

Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Czech minority in the former USSR, Holocaust, National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2 and 9 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

A portrait from the training center of NPP Dukovany in Brno, early 1980s

Dalibor Matějů

* 1948

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist, Secret police informer

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

Jaroslav Matějů as Scout

Jaroslav Matějů

* 1927

Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Milan Matějů

Milan Matějů

* 1933 †︎ 2021

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Anti-communist rebel

9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty

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