1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age | Memory of Nations

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

Vlastimír Zamastil

Vlastimír Zamastil

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Victim of forced relocation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Ivo Zapletal on a farm in Vlčicích

Ivo Zapletal

* 1934 †︎ 2014

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Graduation of the witness, with his wife Markéta and daughter Hana in 1968

Ladislav Zapletal

* 1936

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Jaroslav Zářecký, 1963

Jaroslav Zářecký

* 1940 †︎ 2023

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Petr Závodský, 1966

Petr Závodský

* 1947

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz and 4 more anniversaries

Jiří Zedníček with his first "weapon", 1940s

Ing. Jiří Zedníček

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eva Zedníková, née Strankmüllerová, historical photo

Eva Zedníková,roz. Strankmüllerová

* 1936

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Zelenka

* 1927 †︎ 2021

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Zdeněk "Káďa" Zelený

Zdeněk Zelený

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Sokol

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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