Witness of local events from the Communist era | Memory of Nations

Rostislav Zapletal

Rostislav Zapletal

* 1961

Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jaroslav Zářecký, 1963

Jaroslav Zářecký

* 1940 †︎ 2023

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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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Gábor Zászlós

* 1951

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19.8.1989 - Pan-European Picnic, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Žátková / around 1948

Anna Žátková

* 1937

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Witness Jiří Zaťovič

Jiří Zaťovič

* 1962

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Rozálie Zavadilová around 1949

Rozálie Zavadilová

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

Ján Zavarský

Professor Ján Zavarský

* 1948 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, University professor, Artists and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Záveská, a portrait

Ing. Ludmila Záveská

* 1924

Forced labour during the WW2, 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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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