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Milan Zapadlo at the age of 18, Liberec, 1975

Milan Zapadlo

* 1957

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Victim of forced relocation, Anti-communist rebel and 3 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Miloslav Zapadlo in 2024

Miloslav Zapadlo

* 1952

Political prisoner, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Čeněk Zapletal in the graduation photo at the grammar school in Uherské Hradiště in 1966

PhDr. Čeněk Zapletal

* 1946

Member of Orel, Historian, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

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

Ivo Zapletal on a farm in Vlčicích

Ivo Zapletal

* 1934 †︎ 2014

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Graduation of the witness, with his wife Markéta and daughter Hana in 1968

Ladislav Zapletal

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Farmer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin

Rostislav Zapletal

Rostislav Zapletal

* 1961

Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jaroslav Zářecký, 1963

Jaroslav Zářecký

* 1940 †︎ 2023

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Vladimír Zářecký in 1960

Vladimír Zářecký

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 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

Portrait 2

Gábor Zászlós

* 1951

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19.8.1989 - Pan-European Picnic, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anna Žátková / around 1948

Anna Žátková

* 1937

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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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