17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Helena in 1962

Helena Zikmundová

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Bohdan Zilynskyj, Prague, 2024

Bohdan Zilynskyj

* 1954

Ukraine, Historian, National minorities, Ukrainian political emigration 1944-1950, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Anton Zima, 1968

Ing. Anton Zima

* 1946

Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Akce P - likvidácia gréckokatolíckej cirkvi v Československu, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Zima in a forestry uniform while studying at a forestry school (1960s)

Jan Zima

* 1946

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, 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

Climbing Falkenstein and Sokol, with friends and future wife, 1962

Klaus Zimmermann

* 1941

Life along the Iron Curtain, Germany, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jakub Zindulka as Kalimach in the production of Celestina at the J. K. Tyl Theatre, 1996

Master of Fine Arts Jakub Zindulka

* 1966

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Stanislav Zindulka, Hradec Králové

Stanislav Zindulka

* 1932 †︎ 2019

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

At young age

Radomír Žingor

* 1936

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Pavel Zítek in 2024

Pavel Zítek

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Václav Zitta

* 1960

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

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