The Seventies 1970–1979 | Memory of Nations

Show all anniversaries

Miloslava Žáková in 1947(8)

PhDr. Miloslava Žáková

* 1933

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Martin Zálešák after secondary school, Brno Exhibition Centre

Martin Zálešák

* 1959

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 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

Milan Zapadlo at the age of 18, Liberec, 1975

Milan Zapadlo

* 1957

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of forced relocation, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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

Anna Zavadilová, 1974

Anna Zavadilová

* 1954

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Dispersal of Plastic People and DG 307 concert in Rudolfov

Petr Závodský, 1966

Petr Závodský

* 1947

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz and 4 more anniversaries

Libor Zavoral, 1980s

Libor Zavoral

* 1956

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Likvidace starého Mostu, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Zdráhal in 1969

Josef Zdráhal

* 1951

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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Marie and Dr. Ing. Artur Zdráhal in front of Karolinum (1970s)

Marie Zdráhalová

* 1951

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Charter 77 signatory, Sudeten Germans

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Statistics: 21242 Witnesses the Database; 12012 Witness Stories; 21828 Registered Researchers; 178038 Photos; 70431 Clips