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

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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

Alena Zdražilová in her youth

Mgr. Alena Zdražilová

* 1948

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

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

Bedřich Zedníček as a young boy, around 1926

Bedřich Zedníček

* 1922

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, 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

Jiří Zedníček with his first "weapon", 1940s

Ing. Jiří Zedníček

* 1939

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Current photography of Vladimir Zednik

Vladimír Zedník

* 1930

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Zedníková, née Strankmüllerová, historical photo

Eva Zedníková,roz. Strankmüllerová

* 1936

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, 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, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

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