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Karel Zach in 2024

Karel Zach

* 1963

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

J. Zachara during mandatory military service, 1951

Ján Zachara

* 1928 †︎ 2025

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

29. 7. - 14. 8. 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Věra Salačová - Zachařová 18 old

Věra Zachařová

* 1942

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

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

Jana Zachová in the 1950s

RNDr. Jana Zachová CSc.

* 1939

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

Marta Zadorožná, 2019

MUDr. Marta Zadorožná

* 1932

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

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Karel Zadražil in the workshop, Luby

Karel Zadražil

* 1935

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Oldřich Zadražil in 1964

Oldřich Zadražil

* 1944

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

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

In youth

Viliam Záhora

* 1930

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Naďa Zahradilová (née Bartáková) 1947, leaving the secondary school

Naděžda Zahradilová

* 1928

Relatives of important personalities, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

PhDr. Zdeněk Zahradník

* 1955

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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