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Bratislava, 1989

Malgorzata Wojcieszynska

* 1967

Journalist

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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

PhDr. Zdeněk Zahradník

* 1955

Historian, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zajac Peter

Peter Zajac

* 1946

Politician, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Marie Zajíčková in mid 1950s

Marie Zajíčková

* 1937

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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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

Petr Zámečník with an accordion at a veteran reunion in Víska

Petr Zámečník

* 1950

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Zdeněk Žampa, childhood photograph

Zdeněk Žampa

* 1956

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Lubomír Zaorálek in 2022

PhDr. Lubomír Zaorálek

* 1956

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness Jiří Zaťovič

Jiří Zaťovič

* 1962

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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