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Vladislav Žitňák in his youth

Vladislav Žitňák

* 1932 †︎ unknown

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance

Jana Živná, photo dated 18 June 1953

Jana Živná

* 1946

Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karel Žižka around 1968

Karel Žižka

* 1950

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Josef Zlámal O. Melit. Prior

Josef Zlámal O. Melit. Prior

* 1915 †︎ 2008

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Representative of the Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

09 - Miroslav Zlatohlávek - young

Miroslav Zlatohlávek

* 1929

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

Blanka Zlatohlávková (in 1974)

MUDr. Blanka Zlatohlávková Ph.D.

* 1954

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

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 , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Blanka Zmeková as a single woman

Blanka Zmeková

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Tomas Zmeskal

Tomáš Zmeškal

* 1954

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

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

Hynek Zmítko, 1944

Hynek Zmítko

* 1916 †︎ 2004

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign and 1 more anniversaries

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Vladimír Zobal

* 1928 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State

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