17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period | Memory of Nations

Rudolf Zahradník, 2017

Prof. Ing., DrSc. Rudolf Zahradník

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Period portrait

Master of Fine Arts Zdeněk Zahradník

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Zdena Zajoncová, September 1945

Zdena Zajoncová

* 1921

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Journalist, Sokol and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

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

PA250054.JPG (historic)

Václav Žďárský

* 1951 †︎ 2020

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, A cultural celebrity

20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

retro portrait

Marta Zelenková

* 1923

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Antonín Zelinka

Ing. Antonín Zelinka

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohumír Zeman (in Jasná, Slowakia, 1981)

Bohumír Zeman

* 1957

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Daniela Married in 1965

Daniela Ženatá

* 1957

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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