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Vladimír Zajíc in May 1945

Vladimír Zajíc

* 1939

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Zajíc camping; ca. 1975

Jiří Zajíc

* 1951

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 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

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

As a rehabilitation worker at Dukla Liberec

Ladislav Žák

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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

Stanislav Žalud

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Čeněk Zapletal in the graduation photo at the grammar school in Uherské Hradiště in 1966

PhDr. Čeněk Zapletal

* 1946

Member of Orel, Historian, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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

Jiří Závodský (en)

Ing. Jiří Závodský

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 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

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