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Zdeněk "Káďa" Zelený

Zdeněk Zelený

* 1924 †︎ 2018

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, Sokol

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Adolf Zeman

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 4 more anniversaries

Michal Ženíšek in 1992

Michal Ženíšek

* 1954

Boy Scouts, Art and censorship, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , A secret police collaborator, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Leo Žídek

Leo Žídek

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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

Karol Žižkovský during his military service (1957 to 1959)

Karol Žižkovský

* 1938

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 6 more anniversaries

Rudolf Zlobický, life member of Svojsík's club

Ing. Rudolf Zlobický

* 1931 †︎ 2024

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

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák

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Роман Гусак Roman Husak

* 1930

Member of underground Plast movement (Ukrainian boy-scouts) in Halychyna 1930-1939, Boy Scouts, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukraine

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian youth organizations in Poland 1920-1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950

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Лев Лебіщак Lev Lebishchak

* 1922

Halychyna students during World War II, A victim of communist repressions in Halychyna, A witness of underground Plast (ukrainian boy-scouts) in Halychyna 1930-1939, Boy Scouts, Gymnasium student of "Ridna Shkola" and 2 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, School education in Halychyna 1930-1939, 1939 - 1941 - The first Soviet occupation of Galicia, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia, Arrests in Western Ukraine 1949-1950

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Дора Салабан Горбачевська

* 1943

Ukraine, Plast (Ukrainian boy-scouts movement) in diaspora 1945-1989, Emigrant, Boy Scouts, Ukrainian political emigration 1944-1950

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