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

Karel Zub's photograph from a member card of the Czechoslovak Sports' Union

Karel Zub

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Žufan during the period of underground in Klatovy in 1980

Václav Žufan

* 1960

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Zdenek Zukal / Olomouc / 2018

Zdenek Zukal

* 1954

Journalist, 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

Marie Žváčková in 1965

Marie Žváčková

* 1945

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

At the military academy.

Professor MUDr., DrSc. Eduard Zvěřina

* 1937

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Ivan Zwach - 1979

Ivan Zwach

* 1952

Participant in antifascist resistance, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Yurii Kleiner during the interview, 2023

Юрій Клейнер Yurii Kleiner

* 1936

Ukraine, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014), Ukraine in 1990-s.

Oleksa Riznykiv reciting a poem

Олекса Різників Oleksa Riznykiv

* 1937

Ukrainian Dissent, Ukraine, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Ukrainians in the GULAG, 1944 - 1990, Art and censorship

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, The Khrushchev Thaw 1953 – 1964, The Repressions of the totalitarian regime in the 1970s in Ukraine, The Revival of Ukrainian national culture 1989 - 1991

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