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

1974 Daniel Ženatý high school graduate

Daniel Ženatý

* 1954

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jana Zendulková, 1970

Mgr. Jana Zendulková

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 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

Michal Ženíšek in 1992

Michal Ženíšek

* 1954

Boy Scouts, Art and censorship, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , A secret police collaborator, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Otakar Ženíšek

Otakar Ženíšek

* 1947

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Farmer, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Charming Hana Ženíšková in her youth

Hana Ženíšková

* 1930

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Stanislava Zenklová

Stanislava Zenklová

* 1935

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

Zdenek Zert

Ing. Zdeněk Žert

* 1922 †︎ 2016

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Photo of Zdeněk Zerzáň

Zdeněk Zerzáň

* 1937 †︎ 2023

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Zeťek in 2022

Ing. Jan Zeťek

* 1944

Environmentalist, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Marie Zhofová with a photo of her husband Bohumil in 2022

Marie Zhofová

* 1930 †︎ 2023

A warder in a communist prison, Member of Orel, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

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