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

Bedřich Zákostelecký at the military school

Bedřich Zákostelecký

* 1942

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Drahomíra Žákovská in November 1969

Drahomíra Jaroslava Žákovská

* 1946

Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Boy Scouts, Sokol and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

Bohumil Zalabák in 2022

Bohumil Zalabák

* 1942

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Twenty-year-old Zdeňka Zalabáková, née Čurdová

Mgr. Zdeňka Zalabáková

* 1935

Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martin Zálešák after secondary school, Brno Exhibition Centre

Martin Zálešák

* 1959

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

1974 Pavel Záleský

Pavel Záleský

* 1955

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

Hedvika Žalská, 1964

Hedvika Žalská

* 1935

Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 1 more anniversaries

Stanislav Žalud

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Zamazal

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, 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

Young Krystyna Zangová

Krystyna Zangová

* 1951

Poland, National minorities, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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