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Portrait from the mid 1950s, Brno

Josef Wolf

* 1939 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Karel Zach in 2024

Karel Zach

* 1963

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

J. Zachara during mandatory military service, 1951

Ján Zachara

* 1928 †︎ 2025

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Iva Zajíčková

Ing. Iva Zajíčková-Stafová

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a rehabilitation worker at Dukla Liberec

Ladislav Žák

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

In military uniform

Augustin Žák

* 1960

The Sportsmen, The topic of security forces before 1989

21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Miloslav Zapadlo in 2024

Miloslav Zapadlo

* 1952

Political prisoner, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dana Zátopková

Dana Zátopková

* 1922 †︎ 2020

The Sportsmen

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Jiří Zedníček

* 1945

The Sportsmen

Bohumír Zeman (in Jasná, Slowakia, 1981)

Bohumír Zeman

* 1957

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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