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Ladislav Záborský

Ladislav Záborský

* 1921

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

PhDr. Zdeněk Zahradník

* 1955

Historian, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Period portrait

Master of Fine Arts Zdeněk Zahradník

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 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 and 4 more anniversaries

Zajac Peter

Peter Zajac

* 1946

Politician, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Zajíček - Prague, May 21, 2015

Pavel Zajíček

* 1951 †︎ 2024

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity and 4 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Bedřich Zákostelecký at the military school

Bedřich Zákostelecký

* 1942

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Martin Zálešák after secondary school, Brno Exhibition Centre

Martin Zálešák

* 1959

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Žampa, childhood photograph

Zdeněk Žampa

* 1956

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Michael Žantovský in 2022

Michael Žantovský

* 1949

Diplomat, Journalist, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Ján Zavarský

Professor Ján Zavarský

* 1948 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, University professor, Artists and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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