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Bohuslav Žák in 2019

Ing. Bohuslav Žák

* 1935 †︎ 2024

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Antonín Zakopal

* 1931

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Alice Burianová

Dagmar Zakopalová

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Bedřich Zákostelecký at the military school

Bedřich Zákostelecký

* 1942

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

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

Jana Žáková

Jana Žáková

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era

Miloslava Žáková in 1947(8)

PhDr. Miloslava Žáková

* 1933

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Drahomíra Žákovská in November 1969

Drahomíra Jaroslava Žákovská

* 1946

Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Boy Scouts, Sokol and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Bohumil Zalabák in 2022

Bohumil Zalabák

* 1942

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Twenty-year-old Zdeňka Zalabáková, née Čurdová

Mgr. Zdeňka Zalabáková

* 1935

Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

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

Martin Zálešák after secondary school, Brno Exhibition Centre

Martin Zálešák

* 1959

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

6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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