Anti-communist rebel | Memory of Nations

Jiří Zenáhlík with his wife - wedding

Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Jiří Zenáhlík

* 1921 †︎ 2020

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR) and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk and 6 more anniversaries

Bohumil Zhof as a student

Bohumil Zhof

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Member of Orel, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel and 6 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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

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

Zdislav Zima / around the year 1944

Zdislav Zima

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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

Vladislav Žitňák in his youth

Vladislav Žitňák

* 1932 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance

Karel Žižka around 1968

Karel Žižka

* 1950

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Václav Žufan during the period of underground in Klatovy in 1980

Václav Žufan

* 1960

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Liskevych.jpg (historic)

Надія-Анастасія Ліскевич

* 1923

Ukraine, Anti-communist rebel, Structures of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (radio operators, partisans, etc.)

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