A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Portrait from the mid 1950s, Brno

Josef Wolf

* 1939 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Mrs. Vera on her wedding day in 1983

Věra Žáčková, roz. Víšková

* 1931 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

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Růžena Zahradníčková, rod. Mizerová

* 1934

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Pavel Zajíček - Prague, May 21, 2015

Pavel Zajíček

* 1951 †︎ 2024

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity and 4 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Iva Zajíčková

Ing. Iva Zajíčková-Stafová

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Zapadlo at the age of 18, Liberec, 1975

Milan Zapadlo

* 1957

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of forced relocation, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Photo after the arrival to New York in 1952

Professor, Dr. Vladimír Zbořílek

* 1924

Emigrant, Forced labour during the WW2, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Marie and Dr. Ing. Artur Zdráhal in front of Karolinum (1970s)

Marie Zdráhalová

* 1951

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Sudeten Germans

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Zeithamml Jindřich

Jindřich Zeithamml

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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Lieutenant (ret.) Adolf Pravoslav Zelený

* 1914 †︎ 2010

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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