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

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Marta Zelenková

* 1923

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Karel Zelený in 2021

RNDr., CSc. Karel Zelený

* 1950

Royal Air Force, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

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

Jakub Železný 2014

PhDr. Jakub Železný

* 1973

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, Palach Week

František Zelinka (*1937), recording for The Memory of Nations in September 2022

František Zelinka

* 1937

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

11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Antonín Zelinka

Ing. Antonín Zelinka

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

The owner of the factory, Jaroslav Zeman, is pictured from the first half of the 1990s

Jaroslav Zeman

* 1959

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

Adolf Zeman

* 1933

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 4 more anniversaries

Bohumír Zeman (in Jasná, Slowakia, 1981)

Bohumír Zeman

* 1957

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Ján in the times of his employment in the Povážské Engineering Works, circa 1947

Ján Zeman

* 1923 †︎ 2023

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Wandering: Lumír Zeman aka "Bro"

Lumír Zeman

* 1953

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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