8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII | Memory of Nations

Marie Žídková as a gymnasium student / around 1949

Marie Žídková

* 1933

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

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

Božena Židoňová

Božena Židoňová

* 1935

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zdeněk Ziegler on skis, one of his many sports hobbies

Professor Zdeněk Ziegler

* 1932

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, University professor, Artists and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 8 more anniversaries

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

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

Vladimír Zikmund in Congo during the smallpox eradication campaign. He is showing a jet injector to the Minister of Health of Congo (far right, wearing a fur hat).

MUDr. Vladimír Zikmund CSc.

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Boy Scouts, Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a young man

Cyril Žilka

* 1933

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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

Mgr. Jaroslav Zíma

* 1938

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

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

The Hercl family in the early 1950s, Miloslava is standing in the middle

Miloslava Zímová

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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