The Eighties 1980–1989 | Memory of Nations

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Pavel Zítek in 2024

Pavel Zítek

* 1958

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

Period photo of Jana Zítová

Jana Zítová

* 1956

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

Václav Zitta

* 1960

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ivana Zittová

* 1967

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vekhambura Živec, 2021

Eveline Vekhambura Živec

* 1979

Namibia, Repatriated

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Želmíra Živná, portrait, 1967

Mgr. Želmíra Živná

* 1937

United States of America, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Martin Zlatohlávek in 1976

Doc. PhDr., PhD. Martin Zlatohlávek

* 1954

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Bohumil and his son are constructing an organ. 1980's

Bohumil Žloutek

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Farmer, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

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

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

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