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Zdeněk Zavřel, Ahoy Hall, Rotterdam, 1968

Professor Zdeněk Zavřel

* 1943

The Netherlands, Emigrant, University professor

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

Zdeňka Zavřelová, around 1935

Zdeňka Zavřelová

* 1922 †︎ 2022

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

Josef Zawadský / 1961

Josef Zawadský

* 1941

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

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

Photo after the arrival to New York in 1952

Professor, Dr. Vladimír Zbořílek

* 1924

Emigrant, Forced labour during the WW2, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Contemporary photograph of the histrionic man, Vlado Zboroň.

Vladimír Zboroň

* 1960

Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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

Alena Zdražilová in her youth

Mgr. Alena Zdražilová

* 1948

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

Ernest Zederbauer

* 1947

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain, Austria

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Current photography of Vladimir Zednik

Vladimír Zedník

* 1930

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Zedníková, née Strankmüllerová, historical photo

Eva Zedníková,roz. Strankmüllerová

* 1936

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, 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, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

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