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Ivan Zajíc in 1978 when he was twenty-seven and working at locomotive depot

Ivan Zajíc

* 1951

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 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

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

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

Ingeborg Zajíčková in her youth

Ingeborg Zajíčková

* 1926

Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

Marie Zajícová

Marie Zajícová

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Zdena Zajoncová, September 1945

Zdena Zajoncová

* 1921

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Political prisoner in WW2, Journalist, Sokol and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

12 - František Žák - current photo

František Žák

* 1929 †︎ 2020

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

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PhDr. Pavel Žák

* 1928 †︎ 2014

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Boy Scouts

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Drahomíra Žákovská in November 1969

Drahomíra Jaroslava Žákovská

* 1946

Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Boy Scouts, Sokol and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

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