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

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

Jan Zich as a child, with his father Jan. 1969

Jan Zich

* 1966

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miloš Zídek, 1980

Miloš Zídek

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Hijacking of CSA flight OK096 to Germany (8.6.1970) and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Žídková as a gymnasium student / around 1949

Marie Žídková

* 1933

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

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 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

Bedřich Ziegler at a concert in the 1980s

Bedřich Ziegler

* 1961

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Zdeněk Ziegler on skis, one of his many sports hobbies

Professor Zdeněk Ziegler

* 1932

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, University professor, Artists and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 8 more anniversaries

Josef Zíka in 1950s as a member of the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Josef Zíka

* 1931

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Miriam Zikešová (Vojtěch's sister) in 2024

Miriam (sestra Vojtěcha) Zikešová

* 1968

Friars, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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