21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops | Memory of Nations

Jana Zendulková, 1970

Mgr. Jana Zendulková

* 1942

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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Michal Ženíšek in 1992

Michal Ženíšek

* 1954

Boy Scouts, Art and censorship, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , A secret police collaborator, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Otakar Ženíšek

Otakar Ženíšek

* 1947

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising

Charming Hana Ženíšková in her youth

Hana Ženíšková

* 1930

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

Stanislava Zenklová

Stanislava Zenklová

* 1935

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Žerebná

Jiřina Žerebná

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Photo of Zdeněk Zerzáň

Zdeněk Zerzáň

* 1937 †︎ 2023

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 2 more anniversaries

Jan Zeťek in 2022

Ing. Jan Zeťek

* 1944

Environmentalist, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dana Zháňalová in 2019

Dana Zháňalová

* 1937

People helping Jews during WWII, Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Marie Zhofová with a photo of her husband Bohumil in 2022

Marie Zhofová

* 1930 †︎ 2023

A warder in a communist prison, Member of Orel, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

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