Before the Fall of Iron Curtain 1946–1949 | Memory of Nations

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Stanislav Zámečník as an apprentice, 1956

Stanislav Zámečník

* 1939 †︎ 2025

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Štefan Zamiška - a photograph from the times spent in the PTP (Technical Auxiliary Battalions) (1951)

Štefan Zamiška

* 1930

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Friars, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Young Krystyna Zangová

Krystyna Zangová

* 1951

Poland, National minorities, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Žanta, 2019

Josef Žanta

* 1932

Charter 77 signatory, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 6 more anniversaries

Antonín Zapletal - 1940

Antonín Zapletal

* 1923 †︎ 2013

The Partisan, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 5. 1945 - vypálení Javoříčka

Ivo Zapletal on a farm in Vlčicích

Ivo Zapletal

* 1934 †︎ 2014

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Graduation of the witness, with his wife Markéta and daughter Hana in 1968

Ladislav Zapletal

* 1936

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Rostislav Zapletal

Rostislav Zapletal

* 1931

National minorities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence and 1 more anniversaries

Helena Zářecká

Helena Zářecká

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Vladimír Zářecký in 1960

Vladimír Zářecký

* 1944

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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