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

Jaroslav Zíma as the trumpet player with the West-Bohemian Symphony Orchestra, 1973

Mgr. Jaroslav Zíma

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Zdislav Zima / around the year 1944

Zdislav Zima

* 1925 †︎ 2021

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Climbing Falkenstein and Sokol, with friends and future wife, 1962

Klaus Zimmermann

* 1941

Life along the Iron Curtain, Germany, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Sixteen-year-old Ilona Zimová, 1965

Ilona Zimová

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

The Hercl family in the early 1950s, Miloslava is standing in the middle

Miloslava Zímová

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Jakub Zindulka as Kalimach in the production of Celestina at the J. K. Tyl Theatre, 1996

Master of Fine Arts Jakub Zindulka

* 1966

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Stanislav Zindulka, Hradec Králové

Stanislav Zindulka

* 1932 †︎ 2019

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

At young age

Radomír Žingor

* 1936

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Contemporary photo

Lieutenant Colonel Eduard Zirnzák

* 1928 †︎ 2017

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Emigrant, National minorities, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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

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