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

Helena in 1962

Helena Zikmundová

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Tibor Žilka in 60's

Prof. PhDr., DrSc. Tibor Žilka

* 1939

Hungary, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Person who lived in South Slovakia after the First Vienna Award 1938 - 1945, Scientist and 1 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Bohdan Zilynskyj, Prague, 2024

Bohdan Zilynskyj

* 1954

Ukraine, Historian, National minorities, Ukrainian political emigration 1944-1950, Scientist

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 and 1 more anniversaries

Anton Zima, 1968

Ing. Anton Zima

* 1946

Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Akce P - likvidácia gréckokatolíckej cirkvi v Československu, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Zima in a forestry uniform while studying at a forestry school (1960s)

Jan Zima

* 1946

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Jaroslav Zíma as the trumpet player with the West-Bohemian Symphony Orchestra, 1973

Mgr. Jaroslav Zíma

* 1938 †︎ 2025

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Walter Zimmermann in 1945

Walter Zimmermann

* 1923 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, The topic of security forces before 1989

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Sixteen-year-old Ilona Zimová, 1965

Ilona Zimová

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Pavel Zítek in 2024

Pavel Zítek

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Period photo of Jana Zítová

Jana Zítová

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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