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Jiří Závodský (en)

Ing. Jiří Závodský

* 1949

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

22. 8. 1963 – Start of court restitutions, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

Anna Závorková's father Jan Bártek, Kladnatá, 60s

Anna Závorková

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

Nowadays

Miroslav Žbirka

* 1936 †︎ 2023

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Portrait

Přemysl Zdeněk

* 1946

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

The witness around 2000

Vlasta Zdráhalová

* 1921 †︎ unknown

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

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

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