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Yevgeniy Zhovtis, Prague, 2022

Yevgeniy Zhovtis Евгений Жовтис

* 1955

Dissident, Kazakhstan, Human Rights Defender

Perestroika, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Leo Žídek

Leo Žídek

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Miloš Zídek, 1980

Miloš Zídek

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Hijacking of CSA flight OK096 to Germany (8.6.1970) and 2 more anniversaries

Miloslav Zídka in the army

Miloslav Zídka

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Marie Žídková as a gymnasium student / around 1949

Marie Žídková

* 1933

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 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

Zdeněk Ziegler on skis, one of his many sports hobbies

Professor Zdeněk Ziegler

* 1932

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, University professor, Artists and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 8 more anniversaries

Pavel Žigo

Pavel Žigo

* 1919 †︎ 2006

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Josef Zíka in 1950s as a member of the Auxiliary Technical Battalions

Josef Zíka

* 1931

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Anton Zima, 1968

Ing. Anton Zima

* 1946

Victim of forced relocation, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Akce P - likvidácia gréckokatolíckej cirkvi v Československu, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdislav Zima / around the year 1944

Zdislav Zima

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

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