25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR | Memory of Nations

Josef Zíka in 1950s as a member of the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Josef Zíka

* 1931

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Zikan in 2018

Vladimír Zikan

* 1929

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Miroslav Zikmund, Prostějov, 1943

Ing. Miroslav Zikmund

* 1940

Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 2 more anniversaries

Alena Zikmundová with her children, 1950s

Alena Zikmundová

* 1928

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Eduard Zimmel, after the war

Eduard Zimmel

* 1926 †︎ 2019

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in WW2 and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 12. 3. 1938 - "Anschluss" of Austria, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 4 more anniversaries

Contemporary photo

Lieutenant Colonel Eduard Zirnzák

* 1928 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Emigrant, National minorities, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

1948 - graduation photo

Ladislav Žížala

* 1929

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Bohumil and his son are constructing an organ. 1980's

Bohumil Žloutek

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Farmer, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Hynek Zmítko, 1944

Hynek Zmítko

* 1916 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign and 1 more anniversaries

In youth

Viliam Žofčík

* 1926

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

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