1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Květoslava Bartonova, 1946

Květoslava Wodziková

* 1933

Déclassé, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Stanislava Žabková. 1950's

Stanislava Žabková

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Vlasta Zábojníková (1947)

Vlasta Zábojníková

* 1927

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

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Jana Žabová, née Holzerová, with brother Jiří Holzer (right) and cousin Ladislav Nosek (centre) in front of the house in Beztahov, 1940s

Jana Žabová

* 1936

Holocaust, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Zábranský in 2024

Ing. Josef Zábranský

* 1933

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Václav Zábrša (40s)

Ing. Václav Zábrša

* 1933

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jana Zachová in the 1950s

RNDr. Jana Zachová CSc.

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Jaromír Zahálka

Colonel Jaromír Zahálka

* 1928 †︎ 2012

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

In youth

Viliam Záhora

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Naďa Zahradilová (née Bartáková) 1947, leaving the secondary school

Naděžda Zahradilová

* 1928

Relatives of important personalities, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

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