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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

When employed with the State Railways. Prague, 1980

Mgr. Marián Zajíček

* 1951

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Štefan Zamiška - a photograph from the times spent in the PTP (Technical Auxiliary Battalions) (1951)

Štefan Zamiška

* 1930

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of 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

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Václav Žďárský

* 1951 †︎ 2020

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, A cultural celebrity

20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Zeman Vojtech

Vojtech Zeman

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks

Irena Zemanová in 1943

Irena Zemanová

* 1938

Member of an Illegal Church, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

1974 Daniel Ženatý high school graduate

Daniel Ženatý

* 1954

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Maciej Zięba

* 1954

Poland, Catholic clerical, Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Miriam Zikešová (Vojtěch's sister) in 2024

Miriam (sestra Vojtěcha) Zikešová

* 1968

Friars, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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