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Sylvie Wittmannová in adolescence

Sylvie Wittmannová

* 1956

Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Karel Witz playing the guitar as a Modus group member, around 1978

Ing. Karel Witz

* 1947

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Elżbieta Wrzosek

Elżbieta Wrzosek

* 1930

Poland, People helping Jews during WWII, Poles in the USSR 1945 - 1956

Jana Žabová, née Holzerová, with brother Jiří Holzer (right) and cousin Ladislav Nosek (centre) in front of the house in Beztahov, 1940s

Jana Žabová

* 1936

Holocaust, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

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MUDr. Raja Žádníková

* 1929 †︎ 2020

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Scientist and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Young Magda Zadorová

Magdaléna Zadorová

* 1919 †︎ 2023

Holocaust, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

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

Brother Lumír Zapletal

Milan Zapletal

* 1924 †︎ 2013

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich

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Eva Žárská, roz. Lukášová

* 1935

People helping Jews during WWII, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories

Jaroslav Žatečka

Jaroslav Žatečka

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

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